The first female general in China was Li Zhen. 1955 At the first conferring ceremony of the China People's Liberation Army held in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, Li Zhen was awarded the rank of Major General, becoming the first female general in the history of new China. Li Zhen, a native of Liuyang, Hunan, female, was the founding major general of People's Republic of China (PRC). 1926 left her husband's family to join the revolution, 1927 joined China * * * joined the guerrillas in the same year. Li Zhen has served as Chairman of the Guerrilla Committee of Liu Dong, Minister of the Military Department of Pingjiang and Ji 'an County Committees of the Communist Party of China, Minister of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Red Sixth Army Corps, Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Red Second Army Corps, Principal of the Eighth Route Army Girls' School, Secretary-General of the Political Department of the Jinsui Military Region, Secretary-General of the Northwest Field Army, Secretary-General of the Political Department of Chinese people's Volunteer Army, and Deputy Procurator-General of the the Supreme People's Procuratorate Military Procuratorate. Participated in Agrarian Revolution, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Liberation War, War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, etc.