Liu Juying

Liu Juying
刘居英
6th Director of Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office May 1972 – August 1975
Preceded by	Zhang Jingyi
Succeeded by	Wang Xin
2nd President of PLA Military Engineering Institute
In office March 1961 – August 1966
Preceded by	Chen Geng
Succeeded by	Lin Yi
1st Mayor of Changchun
In office November 1945 – April 1946
Preceded by	New creation
Succeeded by	Zhang Wenhai
Personal details
Born	Liu Zhicheng (刘志诚) March 31, 1917 Changchun, Jilin
Died	December 6, 2015 (aged 98) 301 Hospital, Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Xu Liangyu
Relations	Lu Ping (brother)
Alma mater	Peking University Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
Occupation	Politician, revolutionary, general
Awards	Order of Liberation (First Class Medal; 1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (Second Class Medal; 1963) Order of the Red Star (First Class Medal; 1988) Flag Medal (North Korean) Order of Freedom and Independence (First Class Medal; North Korean)
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1936 - 71)  People's Liberation Army Navy (1971 - 87)
Years of service	1936 - 1987
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Korean War

Liu Juying (simplified Chinese: 刘居英; traditional Chinese: 劉居英; pinyin: Liú Jūyīng; (31 March 1917 – 6 December 2015) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general in the People's Liberation Army.^[1]

Biography

Liu was born Liu Zhicheng in Changchun, Jilin, in 1917. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in April 1933. In August 1935 he was accepted to the Chemistry Department of Peking University, where he served as Party Branch Secretary of Peking University of the Communist Youth League, and he participated in the December 9th Movement during school days. In February 1936 he joined the Communist Party of China.

Second Sino-Japanese War

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he worked in Shandong, he organized a Counter-Japanese troop leaded by CPC, and served as Communist Party Secretary of Laiwu County. In 1940 he served as head of Shandong Provincial Public Security Department, and was elected a selectmen. In 1943, he was Secretary-General of Shandong Provincial Government and head of Shandong Provincial Public Security Bureau.

Chinese Civil War

In November 1945, he was appointed mayor of Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province.^[2] One month later, he served as political commissar of Jilin-Heilongjiang Division of the Northeast Democratic United Army. In February 1946 he was promoted to become Secretary-General of Jilin Provincial Government, and concurrently served as head of Harbin Railroad Bureau in December. In December 1948 he was appointed a member of the CPC Shenyang Military Control Committee. He was head of Shenyang Railroad Bureau and first deputy director of North Eastern Railway Administration in February 1949.

After the establishment of PRC

After the founding of the Communist State, he successively served as head of Changchun Railroad Bureau, commander of Transportation Command of Northeast China Military Region, assistant commander Sino - DPRK Joint Railway Transportation Command. During the Korean War, he took charge of guaranteeing the logistics and transportation. After war, the North Korean government awarded him the First Class Medal of Order of Freedom and Independence and a Flag Medal.^[3] He was awarded the rank of Major general in 1955.

In February 1954, Mao Zedong appointed him as vice-president of PLA Military Engineering Institute, working as an assistant to President Chen Geng. In March 1961, he took over the president of the university after Chen Geng died. In March 1966, PLA Military Engineering Institute was renamed Harbin Engineering Institute, Liu served as president and Communist Party secretary. In August he was dismissed from his posts while Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, he was brought to be persecuted and then was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to perform manual labour.^[4] Liu's father was terrified of the Cultural Revolution and died of cerebral hemorrhage, and his mother hung herself because she could not endure the humiliation.^[5]

At the beginning of 1971, Liu was rehabilitated. In March 1971, he was assigned to the People's Liberation Army Navy. He served as director of its Political Department in the following year. In 1977 he entered the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China. In May 1978 he was appointed assistant commander of the PLA railway engineering corps, he organized his forces to build Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Nanjiang Railway, Tonghuo Railway, and Yanzhou-Shijiazhuang Railway. In 1982 he became commander-in-chief of Luanhe-Tianjin Water Diversion Project, a position he held until January 1987, when he retired.^[6]

He was a delegate to the 3rd National People's Congress and a delegate to the 8th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Liu died at 301 Military Hospital, in Beijing, on December 6, 2015, aged 98.

Personal Life

Liu was married to Xu Liangyu (许良毓).

References

1. 开国少将刘居英在北京逝世 享年98岁. 163.com (in Chinese). 2015-12-06.
2. 我党领导下的第一任长春市长刘居英在京逝世 戎马一生 (in Chinese). 2015-12-12.
3. 刘居英少将6日在京逝世 享年98岁. Huanqiu.com (in Chinese). 2015-12-14.
4. 开国少将刘居英逝世 曾参与抗美援朝. haiwainet.cn (in Chinese). 2015-12-08.
5. 刘居英兄弟曾掌北大哈军工 文革老母受辱自杀. china.com (in Chinese). 2015-12-07. 最令陆平、刘居英兄弟揪心的是，在这恐怖的岁月里，老父亲因儿子被批斗受惊吓得脑溢血而死；老母亲在哈尔滨也惨遭迫害，被挂牌勒令扫大街，因不甘羞辱而上吊身亡。
6. 原哈军工刘居英老院长在京逝世 享年98岁. cunet.com.cn (in Chinese). 2015-12-08.

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