Sun Ganqing (Chinese: 孙干卿; 19 January 1919 – 5 January 2019) was a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.[1][2] He served as chief of staff of the Guangzhou Military Region and the Kunming Military Region, and commander of the Hainan Military District. He was a veteran of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, and Sino-Vietnamese War.[3]
Sun Ganqing | |||||||
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孙干卿 | |||||||
| Chief of Staff of the Kunming Military Region | |||||||
| In office 23 December 1977 – 29 July 1980 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhu Ying | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Wenqing | ||||||
| Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region | |||||||
| In office November 1969 – December 1977 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Yan Zhongchuan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhou Deli | ||||||
| Commander of the Hainan Military District | |||||||
| In office July 1963 – November 1969 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Chunren | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Jiang Xueshan | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | January 19, 1919 Linzi County, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Died | January 5, 2019 (aged 99) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1938–1984 | ||||||
| Rank |  Major general | ||||||
| Commands | Hainan Military District Guangzhou Military Region Kunming Military District | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War | ||||||
| Awards | Second Class Medal, Order of Independence and Freedom Second Class Medal, Order of Liberation | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫幹卿 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙干卿 | ||||||
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Biography
editSun was born in Linzi, Shandong, on 19 January 1919.[4] He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army at the beginning of 1938. He joined the Chinese Communist Party at the same year. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he fought with the Imperial Japanese Army in north China's Shandong province. After war, he was assigned to northeast China, where he successively served as regimental commander of the Northeast Field Corps and division chief of staff of the Fourth Field Army. During the Chinese Civil War, he participated in the Battle of Linjiang, Liaoshen Campaign, Pingjin Campaign, and the Battle of Hainan Island.[citation needed]
After the founding of the Communist State in 1958, he became deputy commander of the Artillery Division of Guangzhou Military Region. He attained the rank of major general (shao jiang) in 1961. In July 1963 he was appointed commander of the Hainan Military District. In 1977 he was appointed chief of staff of the Kunming Military Region. He retired in September 1984.[3]
Sun died of illness in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 5 January 2019, at age 99.[5]
Awards
edit- Second Class Medal, Order of Independence and Freedom
- Second Class Medal, Order of Liberation
References
edit- ^ 开国少将孙干卿在南京逝世，享年100岁，开国将星仅存14颗. 6 January 2019. ourjiangsu.com. Chinese.
- ^ 开国将军离世 65岁仍指挥边境炮战. sina. 6 January 2019. Chinese.
- ^ a b Yue Huairang (2019-01-05). 百岁开国少将、原昆明军区参谋长孙干卿逝世 [Sun Ganqing, a 100-year-old founding major general and former chief of staff of Kunming Military District, died]. thepaper.cn (in Chinese).
- ^ 百岁将军孙干卿驾鹤西去，65岁还带兵作战. 5 January 2019. Btime.com. Chinese.
- ^ 又一位将军离世，原昆明军区参谋长孙干卿因病逝世 [Another general died. Sun Ganqing, former chief of staff of Kunming Military District, died of illness]. eastday.com (in Chinese). 2019-01-06. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-06.