Cheng Zihua

Cheng Zihua
程子华
Cheng Zihua
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
12 September 1980 – 10 April 1988
ChairmanDeng Xiaoping
Deng Yingchao
Minister of Civil Affairs
In office
5 March 1978 – 4 May 1982
PremierHua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byCui Naifu
Minister of Commerce
In office
11 September 1958 – 18 February 1960
PremierZhou Enlai
Preceded byChen Yun
Succeeded byYao Yilin
Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi
In office
August 1949 – February 1951
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byLai Ruoyu
Governor of Shanxi
In office
August 1949 – February 1951
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byPei Lisheng
Personal details
Born(1905-06-20)20 June 1905
Xiezhou [zh], Shanxi, Qing Empire
Died30 March 1991(1991-03-30) (aged 85)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseZhang Hui
Children2
Alma materRepublic of China Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1926–1950
RankArmy group commander (Equivalent to Senior general)
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChéng Zǐhuá

Cheng Zihua (Chinese: 程子华; June 20, 1905 – March 30, 1991) was a People's Republic of China politician and military general.[1] He was born in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. He was the 1st Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of his home province. He was a delegate to the 3rd (1964-1975), 4th (1975-1978) and 5th (1978-1983) National People's Congress. Cheng was an important part of the Third Front campaign to develop basic and national defense industry in China's interior.

  1. ^ Cheng Zihua Archived 2016-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Beijing Review