Qiu Huizuo

Qiu Huizuo
邱会作
Qiu Huizuo in 1955
Director of the PLA General Logistics Department
In office
October 14, 1959 – September 24, 1971
Preceded byHong Xuezhi
Succeeded byZhang Zongxun
Personal details
Born(1914-04-16)April 16, 1914
Xingguo, Jiangxi, China
DiedJuly 18, 2002(2002-07-18) (aged 88)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army
Years of service1929–1971
Rank Lieutenant General

Qiu Huizuo (Chinese: 邱会作; Wade–Giles: Ch'iu Hui-tso; April 16, 1914 – July 18, 2002) was a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), best known as one of the "four guardian warriors" of Vice Chairman Lin Biao during the Cultural Revolution.[1] Qiu rose through the ranks of the PLA during the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang. He took charge as the PLA logistics chief in 1959, and was persecuted at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. He was later rehabilitated owing to the blessing of Zhou Enlai and Lin Biao, and elevated to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1969. In return, he helped to persecute Lin's enemies and consolidate Lin's power in the PLA. After Lin's flight and death in 1971, Qiu was purged and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

  1. ^ Guo Jian; Yongyi Song; Yuan Zhou (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-4422-5172-4.