Xiao Xiangrong (; September 6, 1910 – March 26, 1976) birth name Xiao Muyuan () was a lieutenant general in the

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. Born in Guangdong Province, Xiao attended the

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in 1925. As a member of the

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during the Chinese Civil War, he was based in Yongding County, western Fujian Province, near the border region of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. He later relocated to the border region of Shaanxi,

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and Ningxia where he was a member of the 115th Division of the

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during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After liberation, he became the first director of the CCP Military Affairs Committee General Office. He was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.

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