Among the generals in New China, there is no shortage of veteran generals, such as Zhou Shidi, Zhou Chunquan, Fu Zhong, etc., but when it comes to who joined the party first, it is Fu Zhong.
When he joined the party, the youngest founding general Xiao Hua was only 5 years old, and although he was also a general after liberation, he had always been Xiao Hua's deputy.
Fu Zhong, who studied in France as early as 1921 and joined the Communist Party, went to the Soviet Union to study politics and military knowledge in France for 6 years.
In 1930, he returned to China to join the Red Army.
By 1931, he was assigned to an important position in the Red Fourth Front, where he served as deputy director of the Political Department and held a high position.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he also served as the director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army;
After liberation, he served as deputy director of the Political Department;
New China's position remains unchanged, and he is still the deputy director of the Political Department.
Strictly speaking, he served as deputy director of the Political Department from 1931 until his retirement in 1985, when he worked for 54 years.
After the founding of New China, he assisted 8 directors of the Political Department, including marshals, generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals.
They are: Luo Ronghuan, Tan Zheng, Xiao Hua, Li Desheng, Zhang Chunqiao, Wei Guoqing, Yu Qiuli, etc.
He partnered with the youngest general, Xiao Hua, both of whom were generals, but with different seniority.
Although Xiao Hua joined the revolution very early, Xiao Hua was only 5 years old when Fu Zhong joined the Party.
Many of the generals, who were also children in 1921, joined the revolution as teenagers and eventually became founding fathers.
Xiao Hua also took on political work, and after the founding of New China, he served as the third director of the political department, and Fu Zhong continued to serve as a deputy to assist him in his work.
It was not until 1989 that Fu Zhong left his job and retired.