Lai Chuanzhu

Lai Chuanzhu
赖传珠
Lai Chuanzhu
Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region
In office
October 1959 – December 1965
Preceded byZhou Huan [zh]
Succeeded byZeng Shaoshan
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office
October 1958 – October 1959
Preceded byZhu Liangcai
Succeeded byLiao Hansheng
Personal details
Born(1910-04-03)April 3, 1910
Gan County, Jiangxi, Qing China
DiedDecember 24, 1965(1965-12-24) (aged 55)
Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1926–1965
Rank General
CommandsChinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Fourth Field Army
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
New Fourth Army incident
Landing Operation on Hainan Island
Awards Order of Bayi (First Class Medal)
Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal)
Order of Liberation (China) (First Class Medal)

Lai Chuanzhu (simplified Chinese: 赖传珠; traditional Chinese: 賴傳珠; pinyin: Lài Chuánzhū; 3 April 1910 – 24 December 1965) or Peng Ying (鹏英) was a general of the People's Liberation Army from Gan County, Jiangxi.

Lai joined the Communist Youth League of China in November 1926, the Chinese Communist Party in April 1927 and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in March 1928. Following outbreak of the Chinese Civil War, he was appointed as the 33rd Group Commander and Political Commissar in the Chinese Red Army, Chief of Staff of the 12th Division, Red Fifth Army's 37th Political Secretary, Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the Red Army and other key positions. He embarked on the Long March as the Acting Minister of the Provincial Committee of CPC Shaanxi-Gansu Region. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as the New Fourth Army's Chief of Staff, Jiangbei Headquarters Chief of Staff. After the establishment of PRC, he was the Thirteenth Corps, Beijing and Shenyang Military Region's political commissar.