Liu Yuan (politician)
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Liu Yuan (; born 22 February 1951) is a retired General of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
and a former politician. He served as the last political commissar of the
PLA General Logistics Department People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department (GLD; ) is a former chief organ under China's Central Military Commission. It organizes and leads the logistics construction and oversees housing, supplies, hospitals, and barracks of the People ...
and prior to that, political commissar of the
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.Page, Jeremy ''"Princeling" General Attracts Notice with Criticism of Party''
China Realtime Report, The Wall Street Journal, 23 May 2011.
Before his military career, he served as vice mayor of
Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...
and vice governor of
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. He is the son of
Liu Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi ( ; 24 November 189812 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, and theorist. He was Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee from 1954 to 1959, First Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1956 to 1966 and C ...
, former President of China.


Life and career

Liu Yuan was born in 1951 in Beijing, the son of
Liu Shaoqi Liu Shaoqi ( ; 24 November 189812 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, and theorist. He was Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee from 1954 to 1959, First Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1956 to 1966 and C ...
, a Communist revolutionary and former President of China, and
Wang Guangmei Wang Guangmei (; 26 September 1921 – 13 October 2006) was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968. Life Early years Wang Guangmei was b ...
, a multilingual interpreter who also worked for the party. He graduated from the No. 2 Experimental School in Beijing in 1964, and entered a regiment on the
Central Security Bureau The Central Guard Bureau of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party (), also nominally affiliated with the army and the police as the Guard Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission () and the Ninth Burea ...
to undergo military training during his summer vacation. In 1966, Mao launched the
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, and targeted Liu Shaoqi through the euphemistic "
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" big-character poster that Mao penned himself and ordered circulated all over the country. Liu Yuan, perhaps not initially realizing the real target of the poster was his own father, answered Mao's call-to-arms to usher in a brave new world by joining a Red Guard regiment at
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. In September 1967, after his father had been forcibly removed from the capital, Liu Yuan and his two sisters escaped the
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compound by themselves but were left homeless. They found temporary shelter at the No. 4 Middle School. Liu Shaoqi fell into political disgrace and was later killed during the Cultural Revolution. However, he was later rehabilitated after the Cultural Revolution ended. Liu Yuan was therefore allowed to participate in politics again. In 1985, Liu Yuan became the vice mayor of
Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...
, capital of
Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
. He was promoted to vice governor of Henan in 1988. Since 1992, he had served in
People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...
for years. In 2003, he became a deputy political commissar of the
PLA General Logistics Department People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department (GLD; ) is a former chief organ under China's Central Military Commission. It organizes and leads the logistics construction and oversees housing, supplies, hospitals, and barracks of the People ...
, and was made lieutenant general. He was appointed as political commissar of the
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in 2005. On 20 July 2009, Liu was promoted to general. In 2010, Liu wrote the preface to a friend's book titled ''Changing Our View of Culture and History'', which has aroused notice for criticizing recent Party leadership and calls for the rejection of foreign models and a return to a supposed upright military heritage.''讀張木生—《改造我們的文化歷史觀》序言'' 劉源
(Chinese, traditional characters, PDF)
Wall Street Journalists believe Liu is politically close to other "
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", especially
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, the
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.
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was said to be moving to promote Liu to the Central Military Commission after 'accusations (by Liu) in 2012 paved the way for the corruption charges against' senior military offices General
Xu Caihou Xu Caihou (; June 1943 – March 15, 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As Vice-chairman of the CMC, he was one of th ...
and lieutenant general
Gu Junshan Gu Junshan (; born October 1956) is a former lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He served as the Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD) from Decemb ...
, as part of his plan to tackle corruption. Chinese military's ability to wage war eroded by graft, its generals warn
Ben Blanchard and Megha Rajagopalan, Reuters, 18 August 2014 10:06 pm.
Despite media speculation that he would take on the post of the Central Military Commission's new Discipline Inspection Commission, Liu Yuan retired in December 2015. Regarding his retirement, Liu said, "I will be the last political commissar of the Logistics Department... I will absolutely obey the military reforms
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" In 2016, Liu was named deputy chair of the
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. Liu was a member of the 17th and the
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Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Yuan Living people 1951 births Liu Shaoqi family Children of national leaders of China People's Republic of China politicians from Beijing People's Liberation Army generals from Beijing Chinese Communist Party politicians from Beijing Political office-holders in Henan Beijing No. 4 High School alumni