Gong Gucheng
Gong Gucheng | |||||||
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龚谷成 | |||||||
Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region | |||||||
In office December 1993 – November 1996 | |||||||
Preceded by | Tao Bojun | ||||||
Succeeded by | Song Wenhan | ||||||
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Born | December 1940 (age 83) Xinhua County, Hunan, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma mater | PLA First Engineering Corps Technical School PLA Military Academy | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
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Years of service | 1960–2008 | ||||||
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Commands | Guangzhou Military Region | ||||||
Battles/wars | Vietnam War Battle of the Paracel Islands Sino-Vietnamese War | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 龚谷成 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 龔谷成 | ||||||
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Gong Gucheng (Chinese: 龚谷成; born December 1940) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate member of the 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a representative of the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] Throughout his military career, he participated in the Vietnam War, the Battle of the Paracel Islands, and the Sino-Vietnamese War.[1]
Biography
Gong was born in the town of Baixi, Xinhua County, Hunan, in December 1940, to Gong Guoguang (龚光国), a primary school teacher, and Chen Yueying (陈月英), a small merchant.[1][2] He is the first of seven children.[2] He attended Xinhua County No. 1 High School.[1][2] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1958, and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in July 1960.[1][2] He graduated from the PLA First Engineering Corps Technical School.[1][2] In 1967, he was assigned to the Guangzhou Military Region, and eventually becoming chief of staff in December 1993 and deputy commander in November 1996.[1][2] In 1998, he served as commander in chief of Hubei Yangtze River Flood Fighting Army, and in 1999, he served as commander in chief of Yiyang Flood Fighting Army.[1][2] On August 8, 1998, the then Premier Zhu Rongji visited the disaster area in Hubei to inspect the disaster situation and hugged him closely.[1][2] He retired in August 2008.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 1990 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1995.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 原广州军区副司令员龚谷成将军到母校新化一中视察指导工作!. qq.com (in Chinese). 5 April 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Zeng Dexin (曾德新) (1 November 2018). 春秋几度赤胆心——龚谷成中将. rednet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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Preceded by | Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region 1993–1996 | Succeeded by |
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