Fu Zhong | |
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| 傅钟 | |
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| Deputy Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department | |
| In office September 1949 – March 1985 | |
| Chairman | Mao Zedong |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Xiao Hua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1900 Luoyu County, Sichuan |
| Died | July 28, 1989 (aged 89) Beijing |
| Alma mater | Moscow Sun Yat-sen University |
| Awards |  Order of Bayi (First Class)
 Order of Liberation (China) (First Class) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1921–1989 |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | Red Fourth Army |
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition, Long March, Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War |
Fu Zhong (simplified Chinese: 傅钟; traditional Chinese: 傅鍾; pinyin: Fù Zhōng; 23 June 1900 – 28 July 1989) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Sichuan.
Fu Zhong joined the Chinese Communist party in 1921, and graduated from the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University in 1930.[1] He was appointed as the head of the political department in the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University and served in various positions in the Eighth Route Army as the political commissar.[1] During the Chinese Civil War, he was the deputy head of the political department in the Central Military Commission. He was one of the earliest military leaders that joined the communist party.
- ^ a b "Founding Generals: Fu Zhong". Remin Net. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2016.