Xie Zhenhua (general)

Not to be confused with Xie Zhenhua (politician).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.

Xie Zhenhua (Chinese: 谢振华; 1916 – August 3, 2011) was a People's Liberation Army major general. He was born in Chongyi County, Jiangxi. He joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1929 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1931. He fought against the Kuomintang in the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet during the Chinese Civil War. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a member of the Eighth Route Army. He participated in the Huaihai Campaign, Shanghai Campaign and the Korean War. From 1971 to 1975, he was Communist Party Chief and Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanxi Province.^[1]

Xie Zhenhua
谢振华
Xie in 1955
First Secretary of the Shanxi Revolutionary Committee
In office 23 July 1967 – May 1975
Preceded by	Liu Geping
Succeeded by	Wang Qian
Personal details
Born	Xie Zhenpan (谢振泮) August 1916 Chongyi County, Jiangxi, China
Died	August 3, 2011(2011-08-03) (aged 94–95) Beijing, China
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1930–1987
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War