The 'home Of Generals' Continues Its Military March

A small township in Central China is renowned as the birthplace of many high-ranking PLA officers, as Hou Liqiang and Zhou Lihua report from Chengmagang, Hubei province.

There are more than 40,000 townships in China, but few are as famous as Chengmagang, Hubei province, known as the hometown of generals and revolutionary martyrs.

In 1955, in the most important round of promotions after the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1,042 military officers were promoted to the rank of general, and 26 of them were born in Chengmagang. Meanwhile, more than 20,000 people from the township were killed during the revolutionary period from 1924 to 1949, with 5,938 officially registered as martyrs.