Wang Chenghan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Chenghan
王诚汉
Wang in 1955
Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences
In office November 1985 – April 1990
Preceded by	Liang Biye
Succeeded by	Yang Yongbin
Commander of the Chengdu Military Region
In office October 1982 – June 1985
Preceded by	You Taizhong
Succeeded by	Fu Quanyou
Personal details
Born	December 1917 Hong'an County, Hubei, China
Died	20 November 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 91) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University PLA Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army National Revolutionary Army People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1930–1990
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War Sino-Japanese War Korean War
Awards	Order of August 1 (2nd Class Medal) (1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class Medal) (1955) Order of Liberation (1st Class Medal) (1955)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	王诚汉
Traditional Chinese	王誠漢
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Chénghàn

Wang Chenghan (Chinese: 王诚汉; December 1917 – 20 November 2009) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences from 1985 to 1990.

He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 13th Central Advisory Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Wang was born in Hong'an County, Hubei, in December 1917. He enlisted in the Red Army in December 1930, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1933. At the age of 17, he served as a company commander of the 25th Red Army. Together with Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua, he broke through the tight encirclement and entered northern Shaanxi. At the age of 19, he was promoted to head of the 262nd Regiment of the 30th Red Army.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served in the North China Field Army.

During the Chinese Civil War, he participated in a series of battles, such as the Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket, Menglianggu campaign, Linfen Campaign, Central Shanxi campaign, Taiyuan campaign, Xi'an campaign, Xianyang campaign, and South China campaign.

After establishment of the Communist State, in 1951, he took part in the Korean War led by Peng Dehuai. In 1955 he was awarded the military rank of major general (shaojiang) by Chairman Mao Zedong. In 1957, he became first deputy commander and chief of staff of the 60th Army, rising to commander in 1960. He was deputy commander of the Tibet Military District in 1964, and held that office until December 1968. He served as deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region in March 1969, and thirteen years later promoted to the commander position. In December 1982 he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In November 1985, he was appointed political commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, serving in the post until his retirement in April 1990. He was promoted to the rank of general (shangjiang) in 1988.

On 20 November 2009, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 92.

Autobiography

• 王诚汉回忆录 [Memoirs of Wang Chenghan] (in Chinese). Beijing: PLA Publishing House. 2004. ISBN 9787506546263.