Hong Xuezhi
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Hong Xuezhi | |
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Order of Bayi (First Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class) Order of Liberation (First Class) Order of the National Flag, 1st class Order of Freedom and Independence, 1st class (twice) | |
| Other work | Vice Chairperson of the Seventh and Eighth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1990-1998) |
Hong Xuezhi (
People's Republic of China. He was the only person awarded the rank of 3-star general in 1955 who was reawarded the gold medal in 1988 as an active PLA officer when the PLA readopted a rank system.[1]
Biography
Hong was born in
Encirclement Campaigns during the early Chinese Civil War. In 1935, Hong joined the Long March with the New Fourth Army. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Huang joined the Hundred Regiments Offensive
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During the
Red Guards
during the Cultural Revolution. He was then made director of Jilin's oil industry in 1974.
After the Deng Xiaoping came to power in the late 1970s, Hong was fully rehabilitated. He joined the Central Military Commission and became the vice chairman of the 7th and 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committees. In 1988 when ranks were readopted by the PLA, Hong became the only 1955 Shang Jiang to be reawarded the same rank. Thus, he earned the nickname of Six-Star General. In 1989, Hong retired from the position of the deputy secretary-general of the Central Military Commission.
Hong married Zhang Wen. They had three sons and five daughters, including Hong Hu, the Governor of the Jilin between 1999 and 2004.
References
- ^ "Xinhua - English". 2012-10-14. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- Leaders bid farewell to General Hong Xuezhi Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine