Chen Mingren

Chen Mingren
陈明仁
Acting Provincial Chairman for Hunan Province
In office
July 1949 – August 1949
ChairmanMao Zedong
Personal details
Born7 April 1903
Liling, Hunan, Qing Empire
DiedMay 21, 1974(1974-05-21) (aged 71)
Beijing
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materWhampoa Military Academy
Lushan Officer Training Corps
Awards Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Order of Liberation (First Class Medal)
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
 People's Republic of China
Branch/service National Revolutionary Army (1924–47)
Republic of China Army (1947–49)
People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1949–74)
Years of service1924–1974
Rank General of the PLA (awarded 1955)
General (2nd Class) of the ROCA
CommandsNRA 71st Army
PLA 55th Army
Battles/warsCentral Plains War
Encirclement Campaigns
Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War

Chen Mingren (simplified Chinese: 陈明仁; traditional Chinese: 陳明仁; pinyin: Chén Míngrén; 7 April 1903 – 21 May 1974) was a prominent military figure from Liling, Hunan Province, and one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army. He was a top-level military commander in the Republic of China. He then joined the forces of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. Chen was awarded with the rank of general in 1955.[1]

  1. ^ "Biography of Chen Mingren". People's Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2016.