Cao Pengsheng

Cao Pengsheng (Chinese: 曹芃生; pinyin: Cáo Péngshēng; born July 1930) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region from 1990 to 1996.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cao.
Cao Pengsheng
曹芃生
Political Commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region
In office
April 1990 – January 1996
CommanderFu Quanyou
Wang Ke
Liu Jingsong
Preceded byLi Xuanhua
Succeeded byWen Zongren
Personal details
BornJuly 1930 (age 93)
Laoting County, Hebei, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materLu Xun Art School of Jidong Military District
PLA Second Political School
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1946–1996
Rank General
Battles/warsChinese Civil War

He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a representative of the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Cao was born in Laoting County, Hebei, in July 1930.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1948, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the following year. During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the war and engaged in the Liaoshen campaign and Pingjin campaign.

In 1956, he enrolled at the PLA Second Political School, where he graduated in 1959. He was political commissar of the Shandong Military District in August 1985, and held that office until July 1988. He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.

In February 1988, he was appointed deputy political commissar of the Jinan Military Region, he remained in that position until April 1990, when he was transferred to the Lanzhou Military Region and was promoted to become political commissar.[1]

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

References
  1. Zhang Guodong (张国栋); Li Zilu (李子路) (10 February 2018). 省委省政府领导 走访慰问住济省级老同志. dzwww.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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