Chinese commander on the Yunnan front in 1979 and at Laoshan in 1984
Soldier from Yongxin, Jiangxi. He joined the Red Army in 1933 and the CCP in 1934, taking part in the Long March, New Fourth Army resistance and the civil war. He commanded Chinese People’s Volunteers formations in the Korean War. Appointed deputy commander of Kunming Military Region in 1975, he directed western-front operations in the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War. He became regional commander in 1980 and commanded the 1984 Laoshan and Zheyinshan fighting. He left a military memoir.
Activities and affiliations
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1933–1949
Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949)Red Army and New Fourth Army commander
Military command -
1934–2009
Military command
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1975–1985
People’s Republic of China state institutionsDeputy commander and commander, Kunming Military RegionMain
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1933Joined the Red Army
- 1934Joined the CCP
- 1950–1952Served in the Korean War with the Chinese People’s Volunteers
- 1975Deputy commander, Kunming Military Region
- 1979Commanded the western front in the Sino-Vietnamese War
- 1980–1985Kunming commander; directed Laoshan operations in 1984