Xing Zhaotang

Xing Zhaotang (Chinese: 邢肇棠) (1894–1961) original name Guangzu (Chinese: 光祖), courtesy name Zhaotang (Chinese: 照堂), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Tongwei County, Gansu Province. A veteran of the Second Zhili–Fengtian War, he was a regiment commander in the Guominjun. In 1927, he became a division commander in the National Revolutionary Army's 6th Division. Xing joined the opposition to Chiang Kai-shek. After the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Xing and Sun Dianying created a guerrilla force in northern Hebei Province and Chahar Province. This was absorbed into the National Revolutionary Army in 1939 as the New 5th Army, with Xing as deputy army commander.^[1] During the Chinese Civil War, Xing sided with the Chinese Communist Party against the Kuomintang due to opposition to Chiang. He was made vice chairman of Ningxia in 1949, chairman in 1952 and vice governor of Henan Province in 1955.^[2]

Preceded by Pan Zili	Chairman of Ningxia 1952–1954	Succeeded by Liu Geping

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v t e Political leaders of Ningxia since 1949
Party committee secretaries	Pan Zili Zhu Min Li Jinglin Liu Geping Wang Feng Li Jinglin Wang Feng Yang Jingren Kang Jianmin Huo Shilian Li Xuezhi Shen Daren Huang Huang Mao Rubai Chen Jianguo Zhang Yi Li Jianhua Shi Taifeng Chen Run'er Liang Yanshun Li Yifei
Congress chairpersons	Ma Qingnian Hei Boli Ma Sizhong Mao Rubai Chen Jianguo Zhang Yi Li Jianhua Shi Taifeng Chen Run'er Liang Yanshun
Government chairpersons	Pan Zili Xing Zhaotang Liu Geping Yang Jingren Kang Jianmin Huo Shilian Ma Xin Hei Boli Bai Lichen Ma Qizhi Wang Zhengwei Liu Hui ♀ Xian Hui ♀ Zhang Yupu
Conference chairpersons	Li Jinglin Yang Jingren Wang Jinzhang Li Yunhe Liu Guofan Ma Sizhong Ren Qixing Xiang Zongxi Qi Tongsheng Cui Bo Chen Yong