Zhang Yunyi
| Zhang Yunyi | |
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| Deputy Secretary of the Central Control Commission | |
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In office 27 September 1962 – 12 August 1966 Serving with six other individuals
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August 10, 1892 Wenchang, Hainan |
| Died | November 19, 1974 (aged 82) |
| Awards | Order of Independence, Order of Liberation, Order of the PLA |
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| Allegiance | People's Republic of China |
| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army |
| Rank | Grand General |
| Commands | Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army, Chief of the General Staff |
Zhang Yunyi (Chinese: 张云逸; August 10, 1892 – November 19, 1974), was a Communist revolutionary and military strategist of the People’s Republic of China. Born in Wenchang, Hainan, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1926, and took part in the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, the Baise Uprising, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Zhang held the posts of the army commander of the 7th Red Army, the assistant staff officer of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPC, the commander of a military area, etc., and was named one of the ten Grand Generals (Da Jiang) in 1955. The Zhang Yunyi Memorial Hall is located in Wenchang, Hainan Province.
Zhang was born in a poor peasant family on August 10, 1892, in Wenchang, Hainan. At age eight he began studying at the Guangdong Army Primary School. Zhang`s former name was Zhang Yunyi (云镒). Zhang Shengzhi was his alternate name. After he joined the revolution, he changed his name to Zhang Yunyi (云逸). In 1908, Zhang successfully passed the entrance examination of Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and enrolled. In Oct. 1909, in primary school, Zhang joined the Tongmenghui(United League) secretly with a few of patriotic classmates. Zhang left the Whampoa Military Academy and took part in the Second Guangzhou Uprising in 1911. When the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing Dynasty broke out in 1911 he joined the Revolutionary Army and requested to be the captain of the bomb troops. After the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing in 1912, Zhang was recommended to the Humen, Guangdong Army accelerated school by the revolutionary government. In the midsummer of 1914, Zhang graduated from the accelerated school with excellent grades and went to work in Hainan. He took part in the National Protection War in 1915. And in 1921 Zhang Yunyi left Hainan Province for Guangzhou and joined Chen Jiongming with his campaign. In 1926, Zhang took part in the Northern Expedition as the Chief of staff. In the same year he was one of the commanders of wars in Tingsiqiao, Heshengqiao, Wuchang, Henan and so on. In October, 1926, he joined the Communist Party of China, through the recommendation of Wang Zhiren (王之仁).
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