Shi Yuxiao (; 11 April 1933 – 12 February 2005) was a

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('' shangjiang'') of the

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(PLA). He was a member of the 13th and

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. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

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and a delegate to the 10th National People's Congress.

Biography

Shi was born Shi Yuxiao () in the town of , Baoji County (now Baoji),

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

, on 11 April 1933. He enlisted in the

(PLA) in July 1949, and joined the

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(CCP) in November 1953. During the

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, he served in the First Field Army and engaged in the Battle of Lanzhou. In February 1952, he went to the Korean battlefield to participate in the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

and returned to China in September 1958. In 1984, he was political commissioner of the 1st Group Army, for which he led the troops to control 28 enemy strongholds, annihilated more than 5,200 enemy people, destroyed 128 artillery, 65 military vehicles, and seized 112 guns of various types. In June 1985, he became deputy political commissioner of the

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, rising to political commissioner in April 1990. During his term in office, he led the troops to impose martial law in Beijing during the

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. He became political commissioner of the

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in November 1992, and served until August 1998. In March 1998, he was made vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Committee. In 1998, the Yangtze River flood, he led the troops to participate in the flood relief operations. On 12 February 2005, he died of an illness in

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, at the age of 71. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' zhongjiang'') in September 1988 and

('' shangjiang'') in May 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Yuxiao 1933 births 2005 deaths People from Baoji Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Shaanxi People's Republic of China politicians from Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shaanxi Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress