Li Laizhu

In this article, the family name is Li.

Li Laizhu 李来柱
Commander of the Beijing Military Region
In office December 1993 – November 1997
Preceded by	Wang Chengbin
Succeeded by	Li Xinliang
Personal details
Born	10 October 1932(1932-10-10) Shen County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Military and Political University Shijiazhuang Second Senior Infantry School
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1944–1997
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War

Li Laizhu (Chinese: 李来柱; born 10 October 1932) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 7th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.

Biography

Li was born in Shen County, Shandong, on 10 October 1932. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in May 1944, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1948. During the Chinese Civil War, he engaged in the Liaobo campaign, Pinghan campaign, Huaihai campaign, Yangtze River Crossing campaign, Shanghai Campaign, and Chengdu campaign. In 1961, he graduated from the Shijiazhuang Second Senior Infantry School. In December 1993, he was promoted to become commander of the Beijing Military Region, a position he held until November 1997.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988 and general (shangjiang) in May 1994.

Publications

• (in zh). Beijing: Central Literature Publishing House. 2008. ISBN 9787507325690. 

• (in zh). Beijing: China Youth Publishing House. 2018. ISBN 9787515351841.