Wu Qiwei

Wu Qiwei (or Wu Chi-wei simplified Chinese: 吴奇伟; traditional Chinese: 吳奇偉; pinyin: Wú Qíwěi, Dabu, Guangdong; 1890–1953) was a Chinese military commander, who served under both the Republic of China and, after 1949, the People's Republic of China.

Wu Qiwei attended the Wuchang Army School in his early years, and then the Baoding Military Academy.

In the fall of 1938, he was appointed as the Deputy Commander of the 4th War Theater, and then Deputy Commander of the 6th War Theater and commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

After the end of the war, he became Governor of Hunan until 1946, and then he was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as Commander of the "Bandit Suppression Headquarters" in Guangdong.

In September 1949, he attended the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and was elected a member of the CPPCC National Committee.