On this day 28 years ago, on February 2, 1997 (December 25, 1996 lunar calendar), Comrade Qin Jiwei passed away. Portrait of Comrade Qin Jiwei At 1:58 on February 2, 1997, Comrade Qin Jiwei, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, former State Councilor, Member of the Central Military Commission, and Minister of National Defense, passed away in Beijing at the age of 82 due to ineffective medical treatment. Comrade Qin Jiwei was a native of Hong'an County, Hubei Province. He was born in November 1914. He participated in the Jute Uprising in 1927, joined the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army in 1929, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1930. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he successively served as the platoon leader of the guardianship company of the manager's office of the Red Fourth Front Army, the company commander of the pistol battalion at the headquarters, the company commander of the International Regiment of the Communist Party of China, the head of the Guard Regiment, the head of the 274th Regiment of the Red 31st Army, and the head of the supplementary division of the General Staff Department of the Red Fourth Front Army. He participated in the Long March. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the guerrilla detachment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of staff of the Jin-Hebei-Henan Military Region, the deputy brigade commander of the newly formed 11th Brigade of the 129th Division, and the commander of the First Military Division of the Taihang Military Region and the secretary of the CPC Local Committee. During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the commander of the 15th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, the deputy commander of the Yunnan Military Region, the deputy commander of the Kunming Military Region, the commander and the secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee Secretariat, the commander of the Chengdu Military Region, the second political commissar, the first political commissar, and the commander of the Beijing Military Region. He was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General in 1955 and the rank of General in 1988. He was a member of the 3rd National Defense Commission, a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, an alternate member of the 12th Central Political Bureau, and a member of the 13th Central Political Bureau. Qin Jiwei and Jiang Zemin take a photo. Qin Jiwei (left 1) studies the enemy annihilation plan at the 15th Army command post during the Anti-US War and Aid Korea. Qin Jiwei commanded the battle. During the Cultural Revolution, Qin Jiwei sent labor to a farm in Hunan. General Qin Jiwei's family photo