Comrade Qin Jiwei is an outstanding Communist party member in China, a loyal communist fighter, a tried-and-tested proletarian revolutionary and strategist. Member of the 13th the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee * * *, Vice Chairman of the Eighth NPC Standing Committee, former member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, former State Councilor and former Minister of National Defense.
After the Agrarian Revolutionary War, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he successively served as deputy commander of Yunnan Military Region, Kunming Military Region, Chengdu Military Region, Beijing Military Region, State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, and Vice Chairman the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). Member of the 11th-13th Central Committee of China, member of the 12th Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and 13th the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, member and member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission.
1955 was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and won the second-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the first-class Medal of Liberation.
1988 was awarded the rank of general.