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Zou Yan
邹衍
Deputy Political Commissar of Shenyang Military Region

In office
August 1969 – December 1980
Political Commissar Pan Fusheng
Mao Yuanxin
Wang Huiqiu [zh]
Gan Weihan [zh]
Liao Hansheng
Personal details
Born (1915-11-05)5 November 1915
Xingguo County, Jiangxi, China
Died 1 April 2022(2022-04-01) (aged 106)
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Political party Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Service/branch 中國工農紅軍軍旗 Red Army
Flag of the Republic of China Army Eighth Route Army
Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service 1930–1988
Rank PLAMjGeneral r.svg Major general
Battles/wars Chinese Civil War

Zou Yan (Chinese: 邹衍; 5 November 1915 – 1 April 2022) was a founding major general (shaojiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a representative of the 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 12th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.[1]

Biography[]

Zou was born into a family of farming background in Xingguo County, Jiangxi, in 1915.[1]

He enlisted in the Red Army in 1930, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1935. During the Long March, he was communication foreman of the General Political Department. After graduating from the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, he worked in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and was rated as a model worker in 1942 due to his outstanding achievements in mass production movement. During the Chinese Civil War, he successively served as a political commissar in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Mudanjiang Military District, Northeast Field Army, and Fourth Field Army.[1]

After establishment of the Communist State in 1951, he was assigned to the Northeast Public Security Force as deputy political commissar, capturing the CIA spies Donnay and Fecteau.[2][3][4] He attained the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1955.[2] In August 1969, he rose to become deputy political commissar of Shenyang Military Region, and served until December 1980. He retired in 1988.[2][1]

On 2 April 2022, Yan died in Shenyang, Liaoning, at the age of 106.[1]

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