Qin Jiwei (19 14— 1997), a native of Hong 'an County, Hubei Province, joined the Jute Uprising in 1927, joined the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army in 1929, and joined China in 1930. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the platoon leader of the guard company of the Red Fourth Army Management Department, the battalion commander of the pistol battalion of the headquarters, the head of the international youth league, the head of the guard regiment, the head of the 274th regiment of the Red Thirty-first Army, and the supplementary division commander of the General Staff of the Red Fourth Army, and participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he served as commander of the guerrilla detachment of the Eighth Route Army129th Division, chief of staff of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, deputy brigade commander of the new division 1 1 Brigade, commander of the first military division of the Taihang Military Region and secretary of the CPC Committee. During the War of Liberation, he served as commander of Taihang Military Region, commander of the ninth column of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region and commander of the fifteenth army of the second field army.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as the commander of Chinese people's Volunteer Army No.1 15 Army, deputy commander of Yunnan Military Region, deputy commander and commander of Kunming Military Region and secretary of Yunnan Provincial Party Committee Secretariat, commander of Chengdu Military Region, second political commissar, first political commissar and commander of Beijing Military Region. 1955 was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and 1988 was awarded the rank of general.

He is a member of the Third National Defense Commission, the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Central Committees of China, the 12th Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the 13th the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

1997 died in Beijing on February 2nd. [Madam: Tang Xianmei.

Son: Major General Qin Weijiang, commander of the 27th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Major General Qin Tian, Minister of Scientific Research Department of National Defense University.

Daughter: Qin Yujiang.