188 1 Born in Xiguan, Yixian County, Jinzhou on September 26th, the 7th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty. 1900 joined the Qing army in Yixian county and served as secretary of the 20 th town. 1905 entered the comprehensive department of Jiangwu Hall in Northeast China. 1908 after graduation, he served as the company commander, the general teacher and the coach of Zuoying in 20 towns. 19 1 1 year is the Fengtian military patrol zone. Later, he served as the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of Northeast 29th Division 1 14 Regiment. 19 17 served as the head of the Northeast Army 1 14 regiment. 19 18 served as the captain of the 4th Transport Brigade of Feng Jun General Command. 19 19, director of Duan Beiping government distribution research institute. 65438-0920 Director of Shanlin Police Station in Heilongjiang Province. 192 1 year as chief of staff of Jichang Garrison. 1922 served as deputy director, acting director and captain of the Army Supplementary Team of Jilin Ordnance Branch, and soon served as the head of the 56th regiment. 1923 served as Jilin garrison commander, and the following year served as Changchun martial law commander. 1925 served as the brigade commander of Northeast Army 15 Division 10 Brigade. 1in February, 926, he served as commander of Yilan and brigade commander of the 24th independent brigade of the Army. 1929 served as commander-in-chief of Songhua River against Russian troops and was promoted to lieutenant general. 193 1 served as commander-in-chief of the northeast self-defense force. 1932 In July, he served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Jilin Frontier Defense and later as Commander-in-Chief of Jilin Self-Defense Force. After the September 18th Incident, he led his troops to fight against the Japanese in Jilin and Harbin, and retreated to the Soviet Union after the failure of 1933.
1In July, 934, China National Self-Defense Committee joined Shanghai as the Minister of Armed Forces. 1In February, 937, he became the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition in Shanghai, and tried many times to return to the Northeast to resist Japan, but failed. 1939 March 2 1 was appointed as a member of the battlefield party and government Committee of the military commission. 1March, 940, served as a member of the Military Committee of the National Government. 1942 the headquarters of the anti-Japanese allied forces was forcibly dissolved. 1946 July 3 1 was appointed as an army general and retired. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he lived in Chongqing and never returned to the Northeast. 1In April, 946, Jilin Province, a liberated area led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), held its first Senate meeting, and the delegates elected Du Li, who was absent, as the Speaker of the Senate of Jilin Province. After 1947, he mainly engaged in anti-civil war activities.
During the September 18th Incident, he served as commander of Yilan and brigade commander of the 24th Brigade of Northeast Army. In June of 5438+0932 and June of 65438+ 10, the Japanese army drove the commander of Jilin Province to suppress bandits and led the army to Harbin. Zhang Jinghui, the chief executive of the East Special Zone, colluded with the Japanese in secret and waited for an opportunity to surrender. Ding Chao, commander of Binjiang and brigade commander of 2 1 brigade, wavered, and Harbin was in danger. June 65438+1October 65438+June 6 arrived in Harbin, contacted some patriotic generals to organize Jilin Self-Defense Force as commander-in-chief, and issued an anti-Japanese rebellion letter, saying that "it is time for our soldiers to serve the battlefield on this serious day", "I look forward to my parents and children, miss the motherland in distress, and feel saddened", "unite as one, and go to the national disaster together" and ". In order to defend Harbin, he personally took command of the front line. The fighting continued until the early morning of February 5, when the enemy launched a fierce attack, and the self-defense forces suffered serious losses and the defense lines fell one after another. He was heartbroken and unable to recover the defeat. On February 5, he left Harbin and led the army to retreat to Yilan. He led the rest of the troops to retreat to the Soviet Union and returned to China via Europe in May of the same year to participate in the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement organized by Soong Ching Ling. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he took part in the peaceful and democratic movement against Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship in Chongqing.
After the national liberation, he was elected as a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Sichuan CPPCC and Chongqing CPPCC. 1956 died of a heart attack in Chongqing on August 23rd.