Gu Junshan
| Gu Junshan | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 谷俊山 |
| Born | October 1956 (age 60) (official sources) October 1954 (age 62) (alternate accounts) Puyang, Henan, China |
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | January 1971 – January 2014 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant-general (stripped) |
| Commands held | Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department (2009-2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Zhang Shuyan |
Gu Junshan (Chinese: 谷俊山; pinyin: Gǔ Jùnshān; born October 1956) is a former lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He served as the Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD) from December 2009 to February 2012. During his tenure he oversaw the consolidation and sale of military real estate assets. Prior to that, he served as the chief of the barracks and housing division of the GLD, in charge of upgrades to the facilities and residences of army personnel.
Born into a family of farmers, Gu joined the military when he was 17 years old. He worked in Northeast China, but was transferred back to his home province during the downsizing of the PLA in the 1980s. He then worked in logistics coordination for the Jinan Military Region, and was rapidly promoted thereafter. Gu attained the rank of major general (shao jiang) in July 2003 and lieutenant-general (zhong jiang) in July 2011. Gu was removed from office in 2012, as the authorities opened a far-reaching corruption investigation which resulted in the seizure of many Gu family assets. In 2015, Gu was tried and convicted on charges of bribery, embezzlement, illegally moving public funds, and abuse of power by a military court, and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
Gu was born and raised in the village of Dongbaicang (东白仓村), in the outskirts of the city of Puyang, Henan. He was the son of Gu Yansheng (谷彦生), a farmer born in 1924, and a woman from a neighbouring village. Gu Junshan was the eldest of six children. Gu studied at Dongbaicang Primary School (东白仓小学), then he attended Nanlixiang Middle School (南里乡中学). He was considered a "troublemaker" during his teenage years, and an unremarkable student.
In 1971, Gu joined the People's Liberation Army and was assigned to Shenyang Military Region, in China's northeast. He operated instruments for a local air force division as a cadet in Liuhe County, Jilin. Gu was considered a mediocre soldier in terms of technical ability and competence, but was adept at managing relationships with his officers. However, he received "poor" ratings several times in his performance evaluations, and was publicly reprimanded several times by his superior Zhang Longhai (张龙海). Gu was widely recognized in his division, however, for his adept ability to earn the trust and patronage of higher-ranked officers, sometimes through doing favours or giving gifts. Gu also became involved with Zhang Longhai's daughter, Zhang Shuyan. The elder Zhang was initially reluctant about the pairing, even going as far as transferring Gu into a different town to take up a job training new soldiers in order to avoid further liaisons with his daughter. However, eventually Gu and Zhang married anyway.
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