Li Wenqing Explained

Office1:Political Commissar of the PLA National Defence University
Term Start1:November 1992
Term End1:July 1995
Predecessor1:Zhang Zhen
Successor1:Wang Maorun
Li Wenqing
Native Name:李文卿
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:16 May 1930
Birth Place:Muping County, Shandong, China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Serviceyears:1948–1995
Rank: General
Battles:Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Mawards: Order of Liberation (3rd Class; 1955)

Li Wenqing (; 16 May 1930 – 14 June 2009) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the PLA National Defence University from 1992 to 1995.[1]

He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 6th and 7th National People's Congress. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Li was born Li Yunxiu in Muping County (now Muping District of Yantai), Shandong, on 16 May 1930.[2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1947, and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1948.[2]

During the Chinese Civil War, Li served in the war and engaged in the Yanzhou campaign, Huaihai campaign, Yangtze River Crossing campaign, and Shanghai Campaign.[2] In 1951, he was assigned to the 60th Army of the People's Volunteer Army and fight in the Chinese spring offensive, in which he witnessed the disastrous defeat of the 180th Division.[2]

In 1955, Li was reassigned to the Nanjing Military Region, and before long he became a secretary for Commander Xu Shiyou.[3] He was eventually promoted to deputy director of the Office of the Headquarters of the Nanjing Military Region in 1967. In 1973, he was transferred to the 60th Group Army, in which he received a promotion to political commissar in 1983. After the abolition of the 60th Group Army in June 1985, he was made director of the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Region, and was promoted to deputy political commissar in August 1988. He served as deputy political commissar of the PLA National Defence University in April 1990, and was promoted to political commissar position in October 1992.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1994.[2]

On 14 June 2009, Li died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 79.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2003-03-20/113174.html . zh:穿越历史的将军眼光——访李文卿将军(附图) . sina . 20 March 2003 . 23 July 2022 . zh.
  2. News: http://news.sohu.com/20090702/n264916030.shtml . zh:李文卿同志逝世(图) . Sohu . 2 July 2009 . 23 July 2022 . zh.
  3. News: Fu Ningjun (Chinese: 傅宁军). http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2003-06-30/134557.html . zh:《近看许世友》——值得一读的将军故事 . sina . 30 June 2003 . 23 July 2022 . zh.