Yu Yongbo (; born September 1931) is a

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in the

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of China who served as head of the

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from 1992 to 2002. He was a member of the

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, 14th, and

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. He was a delegate to the

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and

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Biography

Yu was born into a

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

family in Fu County (now Wafangdian),

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, in September 1931. He enlisted in the Northeast People's Liberation Army in September 1947, and joined the

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(CCP) in September 1948. He served in the

Fourth Field Army The Chinese People's Liberation Army Fourth Field Army () was an army group-level military formation of the People's Liberation Army. It was formed during the Chinese Civil War by existing members of Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army statione ...

and participated in the Liaoshen campaign, Pingjin campaign, and Southwest China campaign. In December 1950, he was assigned to

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to support the Chinese People's Volunteer Army during 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 ...

. He returned to China in November 1952 and served in the 42nd Army of the

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for a long time. He became director of the Headquarters Office of

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 December 1978, and served until May 1983, when he was appointed political commissar of the 42nd Army. In June 1985, he was transferred to

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 ...

and appointed director of Political Department. In November 1989, he became deputy head of the

, rising to head in October 1992. He also served as deputy leader of the and the National Crack Down Smuggling Leading Group () since 1993. He retired in March 2003. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' zhongjiang'') in 1988, and

('' shangjiang'') in 1993.

Awards

* 1960

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Yongbo 1931 births Living people Manchu politicians People from Dalian People's Liberation Army generals from Liaoning People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese military personnel of the Korean War Commanders of the Guangzhou Military Region Commanders of the Nanjing Military Region