Teng Haiqing () (March 2, 1909 – October 26, 1997) was a Chinese military officer and a politician. He was in charge of the massive purge in the

Inner Mongolia incident The Inner Mongolia incident, or the Inner Mongolia People's Revolutionary Party purge incident, () was a massive political purge which occurred during the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia. The purge was supported by the Central Committe ...

Early life

Teng was born in

Jinzhai County Jinzhai County (), previously Lihuang County (, named after Wei Lihuang), is a county in the west of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the northwest and Hubei to the southwest. It is under the jurisdi ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

province, China.

Career

Teng was a

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, ...

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

and

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

politician. He was

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

Committee Secretary and Chairman of

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

. {{Authority control 1909 births 1997 deaths People's Liberation Army generals from Anhui People's Republic of China politicians from Anhui Chinese Communist Party politicians from Anhui Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia People from Jinzhai County Politicians from Lu'an Genocide perpetrators Chinese mass murderers Persecution of Mongols