Liu Anyuan (; 5 December 1927 – 23 May 2001) was a

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

of China who served as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department from 1987 to 1990, political commissar of the

Second Artillery Corps The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps, is the strategic and tactical missile force of the People's Republic of China. The PLARF is the 4th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and controls Ch ...

from 1990 to 1992, and 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 1992 to 1993. He was a member of the 5th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

. He was a member of the 13th and

14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions. It was preceded by the 13th Central Committee. It was elected by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

. He was a representative of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Liu was born into a poor peasant family in Gaoqing County,

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

, on 5 December 1927. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by his maternal grandfather Liu Jipei (). In October 1937, 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 ...

attacked Shandong and he left school due to the Japanese occupation. He became a member of the Youth Counter-Japanese National Salvation Association () in 1943, and took part in an underground resistance movement in response to the ongoing occupation of China by the

Empire of Japan The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...

. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in November 1943, and enlisted in the

Eighth Route Army The Eighth Route Army (), officially titled as the List of Army Groups of the National Revolutionary Army, 18th Group Army, was a Field army, group army nominally under the banner of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of Ch ...

in August 1945. During the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

, he served in the war and engaged in the Battle of

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, Battle of

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, Battle of Siping, Liaoshen campaign, Pingjin campaign, Yangtze River Crossing campaign, and Battle of

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

and

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. After establishment of the Communist State in 1949, he participated in the Battle of

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

and the

Battle of Hainan Island The Battle of Hainan Island () occurred in 1950, during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War. The People's Republic of China (PRC) conducted an amphibious assault on Hainan Island on 16 April, assisted by the Hainan communist movement whic ...

. In 1958, he was appointed commander of the 508 Artillery Regiment, and went on to attend Wuwei Artillery School three years later. He was deputy head of the Organization Division of the

People's Liberation Army General Political Department The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army (GPD; ) was the former chief political organ under the Central Military Commission of Chinese Communist Party. It led all political activities in the People's Liberation Army. Its ...

and deputy head of its Cadre Division in 1973 and then deputy political commissar of the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In M ...

in 1985. In November 1987, he was promoted to become political commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department, a position he held until April 1990, when he was commissioned as political commissar of the

. He attained the rank of

('' zhongjiang'') in 1988. In November 1992, he was chosen as political commissar of the

, serving in the post until his retirement in December 1993. On 23 May 2001, he died in

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, at the age of 73.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Anyuan 1927 births 2001 deaths People from Gaoqing County People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the 5th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party