Cheng Shicai () (August 8, 1912 – November 15, 1990) 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. He was born in Xingchong village (杏冲村), Xuanhuadian, Dawu County, Hubei. Cheng joined the Chinese Red Army (predecessor of the

) in 1930, and the Chinese Communist Party later in the same year. He graduated from the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University (1938), the Central Party School (1944) and (after the founding of the People's Republic of China) the Advanced Course of the Nanjing Military Academy of the PLA (1951). A veteran of both the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, he served as commander of the Andong Province Military District and participated in the Liaoshen Campaign. In April 1949, he was made commander of the

Liaoxi Province Liaoxi () was a former province in Northeast China, located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin provinces. It existed from 1949 to 1954, and its capital was Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city ...

Military District. After the Communist victory in the Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he served as deputy commander of the People's Public Security Forces (1950–1957), commander of the

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

city garrison (1957–1959), and, most notably, deputy commander of the PLA Armored Forces for 23 years (1959–1982). He was a member of the 5th

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and of the Central Advisory Commission.

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