People from Jiangjin County, Sichuan Province. 19 19, he went to France to work and study. 1922 joined the Socialist Youth League of China, and joined China the following year. 1924 I went to study in the Soviet Union. 1925 After returning to China, he served as secretary of the Political Department and political instructor of Huangpu Military Academy, member of the Military Commission of Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, and secretary of the Military Commission of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. 1927 served as the secretary of the former enemy Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the representative of theNo.1army of Nanchang Uprising Army. In the same year, he participated in leading the Guangzhou Uprising. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as secretary of the Military Commission of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army, political commissar of the Red Army Corps, and political commissar of the Central Red Army Advance Team. Participated in the Long March. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he served as deputy commander and political commissar of the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division, commander and political commissar of the Jinchaji Military Region, and secretary of the Jinchaji Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. During the War of Liberation, he served as commander of North China Military Region, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China North China Bureau, deputy chief of staff of China People's Revolutionary Military Commission, and garrison commander of Ping Jin. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as Mayor of Beijing, Vice Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission, Deputy Chief of Staff and Acting Chief of Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Vice Premier the State Council and Head of the Central Scientific Group, Director of the State Science and Technology Commission, Director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission and Vice Chairman CPC Central Military Commission. 1955, he was awarded the rank of marshal.