Zhou Shidi
Personal details
Born(1900-09-09)September 9, 1900
Lehui, Guangdong (now Qionghai, Hainan)
DiedJune 30, 1979(1979-06-30) (aged 78)
Beijing, People's Republic of China
NationalityPeople's Republic of China
PartyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
 People's Republic of China
RankColonel General

Zhou Shidi (Chinese: 周士第; pinyin: Zhōu Shìdì; 1900–1979) was a general of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Early life

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Zhou was born in Lehui County, Guangdong Province (known as Qionghai, Hainan since the creation of that province in 1988).[citation needed]

He was a first-term graduate from Whampoa Military Academy in 1924, and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in the same year.[citation needed]

Career

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In August 1937, early in the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was made chief of staff of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army.[1] During the following Chinese Civil War, he was the commander of the 18th Army Group.[citation needed]

After the war, Zhou held several political offices. He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Commissions of National Defense, a member of standing committee of the 3rd and 4th People's Political Consultative Conference, a deputy of the 1st and 4th National People's Congress.[citation needed]

He was a member of standing committee of the 5th National People's Congress between March 1978 and his death in June 1979.[2] He was also a member of the National Defense Commission.[3]

He was a delegate of the 7th and 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[citation needed]

He received the rank of General in 1955.[citation needed]

Death

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Zhou died on June 30, 1979, in Beijing.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Mao, Zedong; Hodes, Nancy Jane (1992). Mao's Road to Power: The pre-Marxist period, 1912-1920. M.E. Sharpe. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-56324-049-2.
  2. ^ Lamb, Malcolm (2003). Directory of Officials and Organizations in China. M.E. Sharpe. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7656-1020-1.
  3. ^ Lamb, Malcolm (2003). Directory of Officials and Organizations in China. M.E. Sharpe. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-7656-1020-1.