Comrade Xu Sheng's death

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 18th. Comrade Xu Sheng, a retired cadre of the deputy army area and deputy political member of the former General Logistics Department, died in Beijing on July 6 at the age of 91.

Xu Sheng, Qian'an, Hebei, participated in the Anti -Japanese Children's Team in 1942, participated in the revolutionary work in 1945, joined the army in 1947, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1948. In the early days of the war of liberation, he served as a civil servant, clerk, trainee staff, staff, etc., and successively participated in the Battle of Liaoning, Pingjin, and Hengbao, Hunan to go to Hunan and Western Hunan bandits. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the deputy director, the chief of staff, the deputy chief of staff, the student, the chief of the battalion, the chief of the battalion, the chief of the department, the deputy director, the chief of the division, the chief of staff, and the division commander. The commander of the army, the Minister of the Logistics Department of the Jinan Military Region, the deputy dean of the Logistics College, and the political commissioner, participated in the anti -US aid North Korea, contributed to the revolutionary, modern, and regular construction of the army.

Xu Sheng is the representative of the 6th and 8th National People's Congress, representative of the Ninth National People's Congress and a member of the Overseas Chinese Committee. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1988, promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1990, and was awarded the honorary chapter of the victory of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

[Editor in charge: Jiao Peng]

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