10 Facts About Huang Yongsheng

Huang Yongsheng was a general of the China's People's Liberation Army.

In 1955 Huang was awarded the position of Shang Jiang, and Huang continued to rise throughout the 1950s and 1960s, eventually becoming Lin Biao's Chief-of-staff during the Cultural Revolution.

Huang Yongsheng was born in Xianning prefecture of Hubei province.

Huang Yongsheng participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927, and in December of the same year joined the Chinese Communist Party.

In 1948, Huang Yongsheng was appointed the commander of the 6th Column of the Fourth Field Army.

Later in 1948 the 6th Column merged with other units into the 43rd Army, and Huang Yongsheng was appointed its commander.

Huang Yongsheng attempted to rationalize his position by stating that the United States was a declining capitalist power, and would be especially dangerous in this condition.

Huang Yongsheng was arrested on September 24,1971 - two weeks after Lin Biao's alleged plot to assassinate Mao.

At his trial in 1980, the government of China agreed that Huang Yongsheng did not know anything about Lin Liguo's plans to assassinate Mao, or of Lin's flight from China.

Huang Yongsheng's grave is located on the Project 131 site, which is a museum.