Cheng Shicai

Cheng Shicai (Chinese: 程世才) (August 8, 1912 – November 15, 1990) was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Xingchong village (杏冲村), Xuanhuadian, Dawu County, Hubei.[1] Cheng joined the Chinese Red Army (predecessor of the People's Liberation Army) in 1930, and the Communist Party of China later in the same year.[2]

He graduated from the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University (1938), the Central Party School (1944) and (after the founding of the People's Republic of China) the Advanced Course of the Nanjing Military Academy of the PLA (1951).[2]

A veteran of both the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, he served as commander of the Andong Province Military District and participated in the Liaoshen Campaign. In April 1949, he was made commander of the Liaoxi Province Military District.

After the Communist victory in the Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he served as deputy commander of the People's Public Security Forces (1950–1957), commander of the Shenyang city garrison (1957–1959), and, most notably, deputy commander of the PLA Armored Forces for 23 years (1959–1982).[2]

He was a member of the 5th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and of the Central Advisory Commission.[3]

Authored works
  • 《悲壮的历程》. 沈阳 Shenyang: 春風文藝出版社. 1953 (or 1959). Check date values in: |year= (help)[4][5]
  • 《烽火年代》.
  • 《万里征途》.

References
  1. "中将程世才（大悟）". 孝感市门户网 (in Chinese). 孝感市门户网站管理中心. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018. derived from 《孝感党史》: "程世才（1912—1990）　大悟宣化店杏冲村人。"
  2. Cheng Shicai's biography, Kknews.cc, April 18, 2017
  3. "中将程世才（大悟）". 孝感市门户网 (in Chinese). 孝感市门户网站管理中心. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018. derived from 《孝感党史》: "是第五届全国人大常委会委员，中共第七、八次全国代表大会代表，在中共第十二、第十三次全国代表大会上，被选为中央顾问委员会委员。"
  4. http://book.kongfz.com/12677/452785136/
  5. http://book.kongfz.com/19761/859654866/
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