According to the paper, on the afternoon of April 2, Founding Major General Zhang Lixiong died in Nanjing due to ineffective medical treatment at the age of 111.

Governor of Chang 'an Street (WeChat ID:Capitalnews) noticed that he participated in the revolution when he was a teenager and participated in the Long March of Thousands of Miles. During his lifetime, he was the oldest old general in the country, the oldest party in the whole party, and the oldest military veteran in the entire army.

Photo taken when General Zhang Lixiong was promoted to the rank of major general. source:Yangzi Evening News

General Zhang Lixiong was born on November 21, 1913 in Shanghang County, Fujian Province. He participated in the revolution in 1929, joined the Communist Party of China in 1931, and joined the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army in 1932. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of senior colonel and promoted to the rank of major general in 1961.

During the War of Liberation, he participated in a series of battles such as the Breakout of the Central Plains, the Battle of Huaihai, and the march into the Southwest. After the founding of New China, he worked in the troops stationed in the southwest region for many years and retired as an adviser to the Fuzhou Military Region.

During his lifetime, General Zhang Lixiong was the oldest old general in the country, the oldest party veteran in the whole party, and the oldest military veteran in the entire army. He was also the only surviving founding general who participated in the 25,000-mile Long March.

General Zhang Lixiong donated money and materials to his hometown many times, which became a good story in the local area. On August 23, 2023, in the ward of the Eastern Theater General Hospital in Nanjing, he once again donated 1236 books and 100,000 yuan in scholarships to his hometown, Shanghang County, Fujian Province.

General Zhang Lixiong donated books to his hometown

November 21, 2023 is the 110th birthday of the old general. Leaders of relevant units of the Central Military Commission and main leaders of the Jiangsu Province Military Region made a special trip to Nanjing to visit and express condolences and conveyed a letter of condolences from the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission.

According to the Paper News, after the death of General Zhang Lixiong, there is only one surviving founding general, namely Wang Fuzhi, the former deputy commander of the Urumqi Military Region, who was awarded the title in 1964. General Wang was born in 1923 and is 101 years old this year.