Ding Sheng (Chinese: 丁盛; 1913–1999) was a Chinese general and politician. He served as the Governor of China's Guangdong province from 1972 until 1974.[1]

Ding Sheng
丁盛
6th Governor of Guangdong
In office
April 1972 – April 1974
Preceded byLiu Xingyuan
Succeeded byZhao Ziyang
Personal details
Born7 November 1913
Yudu, Jiangxi, China
Died25 September 1999 (aged 85)
Guangzhou
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Ding Sheng joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1932.[2] He was already an army officer with the Red Army. He participated in the Long March as well as the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War and Sino-Indian War.

He died in 1999 in Guangzhou.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Yeung, Yue-man; Chu, David K. Y. (1998). Guangdong: Survey of a Province Undergoing Rapid Change. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-962-201-769-6.
  2. ^ a b Ding, Sheng; 丁盛 (2011). Luo nan ying xiong : Ding Sheng jiang jun hui yi lu. Guang Jin, Ruxin Yu, 金光, 余汝信. Xianggang: 新世紀出版及傳媒有限公司. pp. 288–307. ISBN 978-988-19430-7-1. OCLC 752264776.