Gu Shanqing

Gu Shanqing
Gu Shanqing
谷善庆
Political Commissar the Beijing Military Region
	In office; November 1992 – November 1996
Commander	Wang Chengbin
Preceded by	Wan Haifeng
Succeeded by	Zhang Gong
Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region
	In office; April 1990 – November 1992
Commander	Li Jiulong
Preceded by	Zhang Gong
Succeeded by	Du Tiehuan
Personal details
Born	November 1931; Fu County, Liaoning, China
Died	23 July 2024 (aged 92); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Changsha No. 1 Political School
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1947–1996
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	谷善庆
Traditional Chinese	谷善慶
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǔ Shànqìng

Gu Shanqing (Chinese: 谷善庆; November 1931 – 23 July 2024) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region from April 1990 to November 1992 and political commissar of the Beijing Military Region from November 1992 to November 1996.

He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Gu was born in Fu County (now Wafangdian), Liaoning, in November 1931.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1947, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 1949. He served in the Northeast Field Army [zh] before being assigned to the 41st Group Army in 1951. In 1959, he enrolled at the PLA Changsha No. 1 Political School and worked there after graduation. In 1969, he was despatched to the Guangzhou Military Region, one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions. He was made deputy political commissar of Shaoyang Military Area in 1982 and one year later was promoted to become political commissar of the Hunan Military District. He was transferred back to the Guangzhou Military Region in February 1988 and appointed deputy political commissar. In April 1990, he was commissioned as political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, he remained in that position until April 1990, when he was transferred to the Beijing Military Region and given the position of political commissar. He retired in November 1996.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1990, and general (shangjiang) in 1994.

Gu died in Beijing on 23 July 2024, at the age of 92.^[3]

References

^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.
^ 原北京军区政治委员谷善庆逝世，享年93岁 (in Chinese)

Military offices
Preceded by Mao Zhiyong	Political commissar of the PLA Hunan Military District 1983–1988	Succeeded by Wu Aiqun [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Gong	Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region 1990–1992	Succeeded by Du Tiehuan
Preceded by Wan Haifeng	Political Commissar the Beijing Military Region 1992–1996	Succeeded by Zhang Gong

[1] Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.

[2] Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.

[3] 原北京军区政治委员谷善庆逝世，享年93岁 (in Chinese)

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v t e Officers of the Beijing Military Region
Commanders	Yang Chengwu Yang Yong Zheng Weishan Li Desheng Chen Xilian Qin Jiwei Zhou Yibing Wang Chengbin Li Laizhu Li Xinliang Zhu Qi Fang Fenghui Zhang Shibo Song Puxuan
Political Commissar	Zhu Liangcai Lai Chuanzhu Liao Hansheng Li Xuefeng Xie Fuzhi Liu Geping Chen Xianrui Xie Xuegong Ji Dengkui Liu Zihou Wu De Qin Jiwei Yuan Shengping Fu Chongbi Yang Baibing Liu Zhenhua Zhang Gong Gu Shanqing Du Tiehuan Fu Tinggui Liu Fulian
Chief of Staff	Han Wei Zeng Mei Xiao Wenjiu Ma Weihua Xu Xin Zhou Yibing Zou Yuqi Huang Yunqiao Liang Guanglie Huang Xinsheng Chen Xitao Zhu Qi Gao Zhongxing Chang Wanquan Qiu Jinkai Wang Xibin Zhang Baoshu Wang Ning Bai Jianjun Shi Luze [zh]