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Tong Baocun

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Tong Baocun
佟宝存
Deputy Commander of the Shenyang Military Region
In office
April 1990 – November 1996
CommanderLiu Jingsong
Wang Ke
Li Xinliang
Preceded byZhu Dunfa
Succeeded byWu Yuqian [zh]
Personal details
BornNovember 1933
Laoting County, Hebei, China
Died24 October 2020(2020-10-24) (aged 86)
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1947–1996
Rank Lieutenant general
CommandsShenyang Military Region
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Korean War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTóng Bǎocún

Tong Baocun (Chinese: 佟宝存; November 1933 – 24 October 2020) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2][3] He was a delegate to the 7th National People's Congress.[1] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

Biography

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Tong was born in Laoting County, Hebei, in November 1933.[1]

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in October 1947, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1948.[1] During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the war and engaged in the Yangtze River Crossing campaign and the Battle of Wuhan.[1] After the founding of the Communist State in 1949, he participated in the Korean War.[1] He served in the Jinan Military Region for a long time.[1] In April 1990, he was promoted to become deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region, a position he held until November 1996.[1]

On 24 October 2020, he died from an illness in Shenyang, Liaoning, at the age of 86.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Wang Shiyao (王诗尧) (10 November 2020). 佟宝存同志逝世. chinanews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ Zhang Jingru (张静如); Liu Huijun (刘会军); Liu Minbian (刘敏编), eds. (2012). 中国共产党历届代表大会:一大到十八大 [Successive Congresses of the Chinese Communist Party: From the First National Congress to the 18th National Congress] (in Chinese). Shijiazhuang, Hebei: Hebei Peoples Publishing House. ISBN 9787202070840.
  3. ^ 十四届中央委员会中央委员名单. caixin.com (in Chinese). 29 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Commander of the Shenyang Military Region
1990–1996
Succeeded by