Shi Yuxiao Explained

Office1:Political Commissioner of the Guangzhou Military Region
Term Start1:November 1992
Term End1:August 1998
Predecessor1:Zhang Zhongxian
Successor1:Liu Shutian
Office2:Political Commissioner of the Nanjing Military Region
Term Start2:April 1990
Term End2:November 1992
Predecessor2:Fu Kuiqing
Successor2:Liu Anyuan
Shi Yuxiao
Native Name:史玉孝
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1933 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Baoji County, Shaanxi, China
Death Place:Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:PLA Political College
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Branch:People's Volunteer Army
Serviceyears:1949–1998
Rank: General
Battles:Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Sino-Vietnamese War

Shi Yuxiao (; 11 April 1933 – 12 February 2005) was a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress and a delegate to the 10th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography

Shi was born Shi Yuxiao in the town of, Baoji County (now Baoji), Shaanxi, on 11 April 1933.[2]

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in July 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1953.[2] During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the First Field Army and engaged in the Battle of Lanzhou.[2] In February 1952, he went to the Korean battlefield to participate in the Korean War and returned to China in September 1958.[2] In 1984, he was political commissioner of the 1st Group Army, for which he led the troops to control 28 enemy strongholds, annihilated more than 5,200 enemy people, destroyed 128 artillery, 65 military vehicles, and seized 112 guns of various types.[3] In June 1985, he became deputy political commissioner of the Nanjing Military Region, rising to political commissioner in April 1990.[2] During his term in office, he led the troops to impose martial law in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] He became political commissioner of the Guangzhou Military Region in November 1992, and served until August 1998.[2] In March 1998, he was made vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Committee.[2] In 1998, the Yangtze River flood, he led the troops to participate in the flood relief operations.[1]

On 12 February 2005, he died of an illness in Guangzhou, Guangdong, at the age of 71.[2]

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

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Xiao Hang (Chinese: 晓航). http://news.sohu.com/20050221/n224370476.shtml . zh:史玉孝同志遗体火化(图) . Sohu . 21 February 2005 . 6 April 2022 . zh.
  2. News: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-02-21/08455157621s.shtml . zh:史玉孝同志生平 . sina . 21 February 2005 . 6 April 2022 . zh.
  3. News: https://new.qq.com/omn/20201124/20201124A0E3M200.html . zh:上将史玉孝,边境作战打出来的名将,两任军区政委 . qq.com . 24 November 2020 . 6 April 2022 . zh.