1. Xiao Jinguang was a revolutionary and military leader, one of the main leaders of the Red Army and the People's Liberation Army, and one of the ten senior flag officers of the PLA and the only Fleet Admiral in PLA Navy history.
30 Facts About Xiao Jinguang
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From 1954 to 1982, Xiao served as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and from 1979 to 1983 as the Vice Chairman of the Fifth National People's Congress Standing Committee.
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Xiao Jinguang was born into a poor family in Shanhua County, Hunan province.
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In 1917 Xiao Jinguang was admitted to the Changsha Changjun High School.
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In 1920, Xiao Jinguang joined the Research Society of Russia with his friend Ren Bishi, and listened to the speeches of famous social activists in Hunan including Mao Zedong and He Shuheng.
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In 1926, Xiao Jinguang was officially appointed as the representative of the Sixth Division of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army, awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and participated in the Northern Expedition.
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In 1931, Xiao Jinguang was appointed Political commissar of the fifth corps of the Central Red Army, responsible for its strengthening and transforming it.
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In 1933, as the Commander of Fujian and Jiangxi Provincial Military District, Xiao Jinguang was defeated in a battle in Huchuan, Jiangxi.
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The leaders of "Leftism" Wang Ming blamed Xiao Jinguang for losing Lichuan to the enemy, expelled him from CCP and sentenced him to five years' imprisonment.
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Xiao Jinguang was appointed Chief of Staff of the third corps of the First Red Army.
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In March 1937, Xiao Jinguang was transferred to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission in Yan'an, where Xiao worked a full eight years.
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Under the command of the Xiao Jinguang, Stay Corps defensing the River operated more than 70 combats against the Japanese armies, giving the enemy a heavy blow, successfully defended the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.
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In May 1945, Xiao Jinguang attended the Party's Seventh National People's Congress, and was elected the alternate CPC member.
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Xiao Jinguang volunteered to rush to South Manchuria with Chen Yun.
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Later that month, Xiao Jinguang led his troops to attend the Beiping-Tianjin Campaign.
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The First Corps of the Northeast Field Army, which was commanded by Xiao Jinguang, was renamed the PLA's XII Corps of the Fourth Field Army.
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All the way, Xiao Jinguang led the advance Corps to attack with irresistible force.
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Shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Jinguang was invited to establish the leading organs of People's Liberation Army Navy.
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On January 12,1950, Xiao Jinguang was appointed as Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and served as the president and political commissar of the Dalian Naval Academy.
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In 1954, Xiao Jinguang advocated a three-step development strategy for naval weapons and equipment:.
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Xiao Jinguang led naval forces for the first time in January 1955.
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In September 1955, Xiao Jinguang gained the military award of the ten senior commanders of the PLA, Prime August-1st military Medal, Prime Medal of Freedom and independence, Prime Liberal Medal at the same time.
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Xiao Jinguang served as a member of the first National Defense Commission of the People's Republic of China, and was reappointed to the two subsequent commissions.
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In September 1958, Xiao Jinguang led the soldiers of Navy, Air Force and Ground Force, to bombard Kinmen Island.
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In 1962, he was ostracized by Lin Biao, but in March 1965, Xiao Jinguang still served as a member of the third session of the National People's Congress.
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In January 1967 Xiao Jinguang was criticized by error, and was deprived of the presiding work of Navy.
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In 1971, after the Lin Biao incident, Xiao Jinguang returned to his work in the navy and took charge of producing nuclear-powered submarines and guided-missile destroyers.
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In October 1976, Xiao Jinguang met with Marshal Ye Jianying, and suggested to clear the Gang of Four.
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In January 1980, Xiao Jinguang retired from the Navy leadership positions; and two years later he worked as a member of the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee.
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Xiao Jinguang died in Beijing on 29 March 1989 from colon cancer.