Zou Yan (general)

Zou Yan
邹衍
Deputy Political Commissar of Shenyang Military Region
In office
August 1969 – December 1980
Political CommissarPan Fusheng
Mao Yuanxin
Wang Huiqiu
Gan Weihan
Liao Hansheng
Personal details
Born(1915-11-05)5 November 1915
Died1 April 2022(2022-04-01) (aged 106)
PartyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service Red Army
Eighth Route Army
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1930–1988
Rank Major general
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Awards 1 August Medal (3rd Class)
Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class)
Order of Liberation (1st Class)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZōu Yǎn
Zou Yan
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZōu Yǎntáo
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Zou Yan (Chinese: 邹衍; 5 November 1915 – 1 April 2022) was a Chinese military general and politician. He was a founding major general (shaojiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a representative of the 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 12th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.