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In this Chinese name, the family name is Gu.
Gu Shanqing
谷善庆
Political Commissar the Beijing Military Region
In office
November 1992 – November 1996
CommanderWang Chengbin
Preceded byWan Haifeng
Succeeded byZhang Gong
Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region
In office
April 1990 – November 1992
CommanderLi Jiulong
Preceded byZhang Gong
Succeeded byDu Tiehuan
Personal details
BornNovember 1931 (age 93)
Fu County, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA Changsha No. 1 Political School
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1947–1996
Rank General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese谷善庆
Traditional Chinese谷善慶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔ Shànqìng

Gu Shanqing (Chinese: 谷善庆; born November 1931) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region from April 1990 to November 1992 and political commissar of the Beijing Military Region from November 1992 to November 1996.

He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.[1][2]

Biography

Gu was born in Fu County (now Wafangdian), Liaoning, in November 1931.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1947, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1949. He served in the Northeast Field Army [zh] before being assigned to the 41th Group Army in 1951. In 1959, he enrolled at the PLA Changsha No. 1 Political School and worked there after graduation. In 1969, he was despatched to the Guangzhou Military Region, one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions. He was made deputy political commissar of Shaoyang Military Area in 1982 and one year later was promoted to become political commissar of the Hunan Military District. He was transferred back to the Guangzhou Military Region in February 1988 and appointed deputy political commissar. In April 1990, he was commissioned as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, he remained in that position until April 1990, when he was transferred to the Beijing Military Region and given the position of political commissar. He retired in November 1996.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1990, and general (shangjiang) in 1994.

References

  1. ^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
  2. ^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.
Military offices
Preceded by Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region
1990–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Political Commissar the Beijing Military Region
1992–1996 		Succeeded by
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