Gao Jiancheng (高建成) (October 1965 – 1998), was a political instructor of the Chinese Air Force known for fighting the 1998 Yangtze flood.
Gao Jiancheng was born in a peasant family in Xiangyin County in Hunan Province.
In spite of running fever for several days, he led his men in the first line of rescue work.
According to Chinese state media, on August 1, Gao led his men in jeeps to a breached dike in Jiayu County upstream from Wuhan.
[3][4][5] On 12 August 1998, Jiang Zemin, as chairman of the Central Military Commission, conferred on him the honorary title of "flood-fighting hero".