Background
LI, Gen. was born in 1905 in Meixian Company, Shaanxi Province.
LI, Gen. was born in 1905 in Meixian Company, Shaanxi Province.
Moscow Mil. Academy, USSR.
Joined Red Army 1931, CCP 1932. Staff Officer, Red 6th Army, on Long March 1934-1936. Staff Officer, 129th Division 45.
Chief of Staff, Central Plains Field Army 1947, Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea 1953-1954. Vice-Minister of National Defence 1954-1959. General 1955; Chairman National Defence Sports Association 1958-1967.
Criticized and removed from office during Cultural Revolution 1967. Deputy Chief of Central Staff, People's Liberation Army 1972-1980. Chairman PLA All-Army Sports Guidance Commission since 1978.
Adviser, Mil. Commission, Central Committee since 1980.
9th Central Committee CCP 1969, 10th Central Committee 1973, 11th Central Committee 1977. Presidium CPPCC since 1983. Standing Committee 7th CPPCC, Law Committee 7th CPPCC since 1988.