Li Quan

Li Quan

Li Quan (1912 - December 4, 1968), the founding major general of the people's Republic of China, was born in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army in 1930 and transferred from the Communist Party of China to the Communist Party of China in the same year. He participated in the agrarian revolution, the war of resistance against Japan and the war of liberation.

He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. On December 4, 1968, he died at the age of 56.

Life of the characters

Period of Agrarian Revolution

During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as a company instructor of the 17th regiment of the 20th Red Army. Secretary and Secretary of the first regiment branch of the first independent division, deputy political commissar and political commissar of the Secret Service Regiment of the sixth Red Army Corps, director of the Political Department of the 18th division, and director of the Propaganda Department of the Political Department of the Corps. Took part in the long march.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

During the Anti Japanese War, he served as political commissar of the 718 regiment and 717 regiment of the 359 brigade of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army, vice political commissar and political commissar of the 359 brigade.

During the war of Liberation

During the war of liberation, he served as the commander and political commissar of the liberation brigade of the second column of the Northwest Field Army.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as director of the Political Department of the 22nd corps, political commissar of the PLA, Secretary of the Ili District Committee of the CPC, political commissar of the Ili military region, deputy political commissar of the Xinjiang Military Region, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the CPC.

He is a deputy to the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

On December 4, 1968, he died at the age of 56.

Get honor

In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general.