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Zhang Tingfa was born on 9 April, 1918 in Sha County, Fujian, China. Discover Zhang Tingfa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 9 April 1918
Birthday 9 April
Birthplace Sha County, Fujian, China
Date of death 25 March 2010 (aged 91) - Beijing, China
Died Place Beijing, China
Nationality China

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2010

Zhang retired from his leadership positions in July 1985, and became a member of the Central Advisory Commission (CAC) in September. He was reelected to the CAC in November 1987, and largely disappeared from public view afterwards. On 25 March 2010, he died in Beijing at the age of 91.

1979

Zhang commanded the Chinese Air Force during the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, and was made chief of staff of the Southern Front, the main front facing Vietnam.

1977

After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Zhang Tingfa was promoted to Commander of the PLAAF in April 1977. He was elected to the 11th and 12th CCP Politburos, and was also a member of the Central Military Commission from 1977 to 1982.

1969

During the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, Zhang was stripped of his positions and persecuted. In 1969 and 1970, he was sent to work in labour camps in Yutai, Shandong and Dali, Shaanxi. After the fall of Lin Biao, he was politically rehabilitated in 1973 and resumed his old position as a PLAAF deputy commander. In October 1975, he was appointed Political Commissar of the PLAAF.

1953

In February 1953, Zhang was transferred to the nascent PLA Air Force (PLAAF), initially serving as the first deputy chief of staff, and later chief of staff and deputy commander. He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. In May 1956, he was responsible for the successful inauguration of the Beijing–Lhasa flight.

1949

During the Chinese Civil War, Zhang was commander of the Third Subdistrict of the Tongbai Military District, and fought in many battles under the leadership of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping. Deng highly praised the performance of his subdistrict in a report to Mao Zedong. In May 1949, he was appointed Communist Party Chief of Xiangfan Prefecture, and Commander of the Xiangfan Military Subdistrict.

After the Communists won the Civil War and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, Zhang Tingfa fought in the Korean War, where he served as a deputy commander of the 11th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

1944

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhang was an officer of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and fought in the celebrated Hundred Regiments Offensive. In 1944 he was appointed commander of the Seventh Subdistrict of the Taihang Military District, and participated in several battles against the Japanese occupation force in northern China.

1918

Zhang Tingfa (Chinese: 张廷发; 9 April 1918 – 25 March 2010) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a major general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). He served as Political Commissar and Commander of the PLAAF, and was a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC). He also served two terms as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, before retiring in 1985. He fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and the Korean War, and commanded the Chinese Air Force during the Sino-Vietnamese War.

Zhang Tingfa was born on 9 April 1918 in Xiamao Town, Sha County, Fujian Province, to a family of craftsmen. He enlisted in the Red Army in September 1933, and participated in the Long March in 1934–35. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1936.