| Office1: | Political Commissar the Beijing Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start1: | November 1992 | ||||||
| Term End1: | November 1996 | ||||||
| 1Blankname1: | Commander | ||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Wang Chengbin | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Wan Haifeng | ||||||
| Successor1: | Zhang Gong | ||||||
| Office2: | Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start2: | April 1990 | ||||||
| Term End2: | November 1992 | ||||||
| 1Blankname2: | Commander | ||||||
| 1Namedata2: | Li Jiulong | ||||||
| Predecessor2: | Zhang Gong | ||||||
| Successor2: | Du Tiehuan | ||||||
| Gu Shanqing | |||||||
| Native Name: | 谷善庆 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | November 1931 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Fu County, Liaoning, China | ||||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | PLA Changsha No. 1 Political School | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1947–1996 | ||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||
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Gu Shanqing (; November 1931 – 23 July 2024) was 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]
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 before being assigned to the 41st 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.
Gu died in Beijing on 23 July 2024, at the age of 92.[3]