Zhang Zhongxian

Zhang Zhongxian (Chinese: 张仲先; January 1926 – 5 March 2022) was a Chinese lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region between 1985 and 1992.

He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in 1940 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in the following year.

[1][2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he fought with the Imperial Japanese Army in southern Shandong.

After the founding of the Communist State, he was present at the Battle of Hainan Island and soon participated in the Korean War.

In June 1985, he was promoted to become political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region, a position he held until October 1992.