(Order of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council on Granting Military Ranks)
In this regard, the report explains that "Comrade Xu Haidong and Comrade Zhang are not in the army now because of their poor health". Premier Zhou Enlai made two amendments to the draft command style after reviewing it. After "conferring the rank of Admiral Xiao, commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy", the words "Deputy Minister of National Defense of People's Republic of China (PRC)" were added, and the post of General Zhao Erlu "Dispatched Officer of the Second Ministry of Machinery Industry of China People's Liberation Army" was deleted.
From this point of view, until the official rank was awarded, the list of generals reported to the State Council by the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff Department adopted the sorting method of "Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao, Zhang, Luo Ruiqing, Wang Shusheng and Xu Guangda", and these reporting documents have also become the original basis for the list of generals in most books on the market.