On this day, 53 years ago, on January 6, 1972 (November 20, 1971, the lunar calendar), Chen Yi, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and Marshal of the Republic, passed away. In 1955, Chen Yi was awarded the rank of Marshal Mao Zedong wore pajamas to attend Chen Yi's memorial service. On January 6, 1972, Chen Yi, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Vice Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State Council, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Marshal of the People's Republic of China, died in Beijing at the age of 71. Chen Yi, also known as Zhonghong. A native of Lezhi County, Sichuan Province. In 1919, he went to France to work and study. Returned to China in 1921. Joined the Socialist Youth League of China in 1922. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1923. In 1927, he was responsible for political work at the Wuhan Central Military Academy. In the same year, he served as political instructor of the 73rd Regiment of the 25th Division of the 11th Army in the Nanchang Uprising Force. Participated in leading the southern Hunan Uprising. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served successively as a party representative of the First Division of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army, a party representative and division commander of the 12th Division of the Fourth Army of China Workers and Peasants Red Army, director of the Political Department and Secretary of the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army, political commissar of the Sixth Red Army and the Third Red Army, secretary of the Nantes Committee of the Communist Party of China in western Jiangxi, commander of the 22nd Red Army, commander and political commissar of the Jiangxi Military Region, commander-in-chief of the Western Army, and director of the Central Government Office of the Chinese Soviet Republic. After the Long March, the Red Army stayed in the Jiangxi Soviet Area and led a three-year guerrilla war in the south. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as commander of the First Detachment of the New Fourth Army, commander of the Jiangnan Command and the Northern Jiangsu Command, and acting commander and commander of the New Fourth Army. During the War of Liberation, he served successively as commander of the Shandong Military Region, commander of the East China Military Region, commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, deputy commander of the Central Plains Military Region and the Central Plains Field Army, and commander and political commissar of the Third Field Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as commander of the East China Military Region and mayor of Shanghai City, and vice chairman of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee. In 1954, he served as Vice Premier of the State Council. In 1958, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has also served as Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council, Dean of the Foreign Affairs College, Honorary President of the China People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, Vice Chairman of the First to Third National Defense Commissions, and Vice Chairman of the Third and Fourth National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is a member of the 7th and 9th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China and a member of the 8th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Marshal and was awarded the 1st Class Medal, the 1st Class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the 1st Class Liberation Medal. A memorial service for Chen Yi was held in the capital. A memorial meeting for Comrade Chen Yi was held. The great leader Chairman Mao attended the memorial service.