Fu Kuiqing (; 28 November 1920 – 28 August 2022) was a

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in the

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of China who served as political commissar of the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covered all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shangh ...

from 1985 to 1990. He was a delegate to the

5th National People's Congress The 5th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1978 to 1983. It succeeded the 4th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period. Seat distribution The first session *Chairman and Vice Chairman: ''Po ...

and was a member of the Standing Committee of the

7th National People's Congress The 7th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1988 to 1993. It held five sessions in this period. Seat distribution The first session Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in 1988, the Congress elected the state leaders: ...

. He was a representative of the 10th,

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, and

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. He was a member of the

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Biography

Fu was born Fu Yixian into a poor family in the town of in Yingshan County, Hubei, on 28 November 1930. He joined the

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(CCP) in August 1938 and enlisted in the

New Fourth Army The New Fourth Army (N4A) () was a military unit nominally under the banner of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China, established in 1937 as part of the Second United Front against Japan. However, in practice, the New ...

one year later. During the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

, he served in the New Fourth Army and fought with the

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

east China East China () is a geographical region in the People’s Republic of China, mainly consisting of seven province-level administrative divisions, namely the provinces (from north to south) Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, ...

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province. In 1949, he was assigned to the 3rd Field Army of the

, and engaged in the Menglianggu campaign, , Huaihai campaign, and the Yangtze River Crossing campaign. After founding of the Communist State in 1949, he served in the 25th Army for a long time. He participated in the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

in April 1953 and returned to China in 1958. He was made director of the Political Department of the 23rd Army in January 1964. In February 1966, he became deputy political commissar, rising to political commissar in February 1969. He was appointed vice governor and

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in August 1971, concurrently serving as deputy political commissar of the

Shenyang Military Region The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, whic ...

since October 1975. During his tenure, he participated in the . He also served as director of the Political Department from December 1977 to December 1980. In December 1980, he was commissioned as political commissar and party secretary of the , he remained in those positions until June 1985. After the was merged into the

in 1985, he was appointed political commissar and deputy party secretary of the military region. He retired in July 1998. He attained the rank of

('' zhongjiang'') in September 1988. On 28 August 2022, he died from an illness in

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, at the age of 102.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Kuiqing 1920 births 2022 deaths People from Yingshan County, Hubei People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese men centenarians Chinese military personnel of World War II Chinese military personnel of the Korean War