Cheng Zihua | |||||||
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程子华 | |||||||
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |||||||
In office 12 September 1980 – 10 April 1988 | |||||||
Chairman | Deng Xiaoping Deng Yingchao | ||||||
Minister of Civil Affairs | |||||||
In office 5 March 1978 – 4 May 1982 | |||||||
Premier | Hua Guofeng Zhao Ziyang | ||||||
Preceded by | New title | ||||||
Succeeded by | Cui Naifu | ||||||
Minister of Commerce | |||||||
In office 11 September 1958 – 18 February 1960 | |||||||
Premier | Zhou Enlai | ||||||
Preceded by | Chen Yun | ||||||
Succeeded by | Yao Yilin | ||||||
Communist Party Secretary of Shanxi | |||||||
In office August 1949 – February 1951 | |||||||
Preceded by | New title | ||||||
Succeeded by | Lai Ruoyu | ||||||
Governor of Shanxi | |||||||
In office August 1949 – February 1951 | |||||||
Preceded by | New title | ||||||
Succeeded by | Pei Lisheng | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | Xiezhou , Shanxi, Qing Empire | 20 June 1905||||||
Died | 30 March 1991 Beijing, People's Republic of China | (aged 85)||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Spouse | Zhang Hui | ||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||
Alma mater | Republic of China Military Academy | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
Years of service | 1926–1950 | ||||||
Rank | Army group commander (Equivalent to Senior general) | ||||||
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 程子华 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 程子華 | ||||||
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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.