On June 8, 2007 (April 23, 2007 in the lunar calendar), the founding major general Wang Ping passed away. Wang Ping (1919-2007), formerly known as Li Shibin, was a native of Butou Township, Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. In 1930, he joined the Communist Children's League to participate in the revolution. He served as a propagandist of the Political Department of the Sixth Division of the Red Army, secretary of the Security Department of the General Political Department of the Red Army, secretary of the Jinchaji Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, head of the Investigation Section of the Political Department of the Jizhong Military Region, head of the Social Department of the Anshan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of the Public Security Bureau, director of the Political Department of the 165th Division of the Liaodong Military Region, deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Liaodong Military Region, deputy director of the Political Department of He was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and the first-class Red Star Merit Medal in 1988. He died in Beijing on June 8, 2007 due to ineffective medical treatment at the age of 88.