Xu Huizi

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Xu Huizi
徐惠滋
President of the PLA Military Sciences Academy
In office
July 1995 – November 1997
Political CommissarZhang Gong
Preceded byZhao Nanqi
Succeeded byLiu Jingsong
Personal details
Born(1932-12-09)9 December 1932
Penglai County, Shandong, China
Died5 January 2005(2005-01-05) (aged 72)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China (before 1948)
 People's Republic of China (1949–1998)
Branch/service National Revolutionary Army (before 1948)
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1948–1998)
Years of service1948–1998
Rank General
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Korean War

Xu Huizi (Chinese: 徐惠滋; pinyin: Xú Huìzī; 9 December 1932 – 5 January 2005) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as president of the PLA Military Sciences Academy from 1995 to 1997.

He was a member of the 12th, 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.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Xu was born in Penglai County (now Penglai District of Yantai), Shandong, on 9 December 1932.[1] He was a soldier of the Republic of China Armed Forces before being captured by the Fourth Field Army during the Liaoshen campaign. He was conscripted into the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1948, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1950.[1] During the late Chinese Civil War, he was present at the Pingjin campaign, the Hengbao campaign [zh], and the Guangxi campaign.[1]

After founding of the Communist State, in 1950, he participated in the Korean War.[1] In 1985, he was promoted to deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department, he remained in that position until July 1995, when he was appointed president of the PLA Military Sciences Academy.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1994.[1]

On 5 January 2005, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 72.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 徐惠滋同志逝世. sina (in Chinese). 14 January 2005. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
  3. ^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.
Educational offices
Preceded by President of the PLA Military Sciences Academy
1995–1997
Succeeded by