WChen Xilian was a Chinese military officer and politician, general of the People's Liberation Army. A prominent Maoist, he held very important positions in both military and political spheres.
WChen Zaidao was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army, who commanded the Wuhan Military Region from 1954 to 1967. He is most noted for having arrested pro-Mao Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li during the Wuhan Incident in July 1967. He was promptly dismissed after the incident, but was rehabilitated in 1972 and entered the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978.
WCheng Shicai was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Xingchong village (杏冲村), Xuanhuadian, Dawu County, Hubei. Cheng joined the Chinese Red Army in 1930, and the Communist Party of China later in the same year.
WGuo Tianmin was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei. He was a descendant of the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi.
WHan Xianchu was a general of the Chinese Communist Party. Han participated in many military campaigns and battles such as Battle of Pingxingguan, Liaoshen Campaign, Pingjin Campaign, Hainan Campaign, and the Korean War. In 1955 he was among the first group of military leaders to be awarded the Shang Jiang rank.
WHe Bingyan was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei. He was known as the “one-armed General (独臂将军)” for his injuries suffered during the Long March.
WHe Weirong is a retired lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as Chief of Staff and then Executive Deputy Commander of the PLAAF.
WHuang Xinting was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in what is now part of Honghu in Hubei Province. He died in Beijing. He was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 3rd National People's Congress.
WHuang Yongsheng was a general of the China's People's Liberation Army. In 1955 Huang was awarded the position of Shang Jiang (colonel-general), and Huang continued to rise throughout the 1950s and 1960s, eventually becoming Lin Biao's Chief-of-staff during the Cultural Revolution. Because of Huang's close associations with Lin Biao, Huang was purged following Lin's death in 1971.
WLiu Fei was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Hong'an County, Hubei Province. He was a platoon and then company commander in the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army before being a regimental commander in the New Fourth Army.
WLiu Zhen , or Liu You'an (刘幼安), was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
WNie Haisheng is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as an taikonaut and the third commander of the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC). He was a PLA Air Force fighter pilot and director of navigation.
WQin Jiwei was a general of the People's Republic of China, Minister of National Defense and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo.
WWang Xinting was a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China from Hubei.
WWing Wang Jian'an was a Chinese military official and general in the People's Liberation Army.
WWang Shusheng, was a Chinese general, strategist, revolutionary and one of the pioneers of Chinese ordnance and military sciences construction. In 1955 Wang became one of the ten Da Jiang of the People's Liberation Army. He was born into a landlord family but became a major leader of the peasant movement. He experienced many significant battles during the China's turbulent years such as the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.
WXu Haidong was a senior general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
WXu Qinxian was a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army. As commander of the 38th Group Army, he refused the order to use force against demonstrators in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. As a result, Xu was court-martialed, jailed for five years and expelled from the Communist Party of China. After serving his sentence, he was exiled to Shijiazhuang, Hebei, where he spent the remainder of his life.
WYuan Yubai is an admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been commander of the Southern Theater Command since January 2017, and formerly served as commander of the North Sea Fleet from 2014 to 2017.
WZhou Xihan was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Dawu County, Hubei. He served in the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and Eighth Route Army. He fought in the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War.
WGeneral Zhou Chunquan is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.