Lai Chuanzhu
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General Lai Chuanzhu |
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| 赖传珠 陆军上将 |
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| Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region | |
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In office October 1959 – December 1965 |
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| Member of the National People's Congress | |
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In office 1954–1965 |
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| Born | 3 April 1910 Gan County, Jiangxi, China |
| Died |
24 December 1965 (aged 55) Shenyang, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
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 China
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| Service/branch |
 PLA Ground Force
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| Years of service | 1926–1965 |
| Rank | Ground Force General |
| Commands | Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Fourth Field Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War, New Fourth Army incident, Chinese Civil War, Landing Operation on Hainan Island |
Lai Chuanzhu (simplified Chinese: 赖传珠; traditional Chinese: 賴傳珠; pinyin: Lài Chuánzhū) (3 April 1910 – 24 December 1965) or Peng Ying (鹏英) was a general of the People's Liberation Army from Gan County, Jiangxi.
Lai joined the Communist Youth League of China in November 1926, the Chinese Communist Party in April 1927 and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in March 1928. Following outbreak of the Chinese Civil War, he was appointed as the 33rd Group Commander and Political Commissar in the Chinese Red Army, Chief of Staff of the 12th Division, Red Fifth Army's 37th Political Secretary, Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the Red Army and other key positions. He embarked on the Long March as the Acting Minister of the Provincial Committee of CPC Shaanxi-Gansu Region. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as the New Fourth Army's Chief of Staff, Jiangbei Headquarters Chief of Staff. After the establishment of PRC, he was the Thirteenth Corps, Beijing and Shenyang Military Region's political commissar.
After joining the Communist Youth League of China in November 1926, Lai went to Guidong County, Hunan to join the army under the command of Mao Zedong. Having ascended to key leadership position within the Fourth Army, he went on to participate in the Huangyang Boundary Battle in 1928. As one of the divisional commanders of the New Fourth Army, he went on to attend the Gutian Congress. Lai suffered a facial wound during the First Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet in January 1930.
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