Tao Zhiyue

Tao Zhiyue
Commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
In office
1954–1968
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLiu Shuangquan
Personal details
Born1892
Xianfeng Township, Ningxiang County, Hunan, Qing dynasty
Died26 December 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 95–96)
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1982–88)
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
Awards Order of Liberation (First Class Medal) (1955)
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
 People's Republic of China
Branch/service Hunan clique (1914–26)
National Revolutionary Army (1926–47)
Republic of China Army (1947–49)
People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1949–68)
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (1954–68)
Years of service1914–1968
Rank General of the PLA (awarded 1955)
Lieutenant general of the Republic of China Army
CommandsNRA 1st Army (1938–45)
NRA 37th Army Group (1942–44)
PLA 22nd Corps (1949–54)
PLA Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (1954–68)
Battles/warsNorthern Expedition (1926–28)
Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet (1931)
Second Sino–Japanese War (1937–45)
Chinese Civil War (1946–49)
Peaceful Liberation of Xinjiang (1949)

Tao Zhiyue (Chinese: 陶峙岳; pinyin: Táo Zhìyuè; Wade–Giles: T'ao Chih-yüeh; 1892 – 26 December 1988) was a Chinese military officer and politician, lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, and a full general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China.

Born to a wealthy land-owning family, he graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, rose to high military positions in the Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-shek and was closely associated with Zhang Zhizhong. In 1949, he defected to the Chinese Communist Party, playing a key role in the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China and then went on to hold high office under Mao Zedong, most notably serving as the first commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 1954 to 1968.

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