Lai Chuanzhu | |
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赖传珠 | |
Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region | |
In office October 1959 – December 1965 | |
Preceded by | Zhou Huan |
Succeeded by | Zeng Shaoshan |
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region | |
In office October 1958 – October 1959 | |
Preceded by | Zhu Liangcai |
Succeeded by | Liao Hansheng |
Personal details | |
Born | Gan County, Jiangxi, Qing China | April 3, 1910
Died | December 24, 1965 Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China | (aged 55)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force |
Years of service | 1926–1965 |
Rank | General |
Commands | Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Fourth Field Army |
Battles/wars | Chinese 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.