Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), formerly known as Dehua, was born in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, and was one of the top ten marshals of the Chinese people. Peng Dehuai is a respected proletarian revolutionist, strategist and politician of the older generation, and one of the outstanding leaders of the * * * Production Party of China, the People's Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army of China. He devoted his whole life to the liberation of the people of China and the cause of socialist national defense and construction, and made immortal historical contributions. He has a firm belief in * * * productism and a strong principle of party spirit, and always maintains an open revolutionary mind and a style of hard struggle; He is extremely concerned about the sufferings of the people. He has always maintained the true nature of the working people and has always been infinitely respected, loved and missed by the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.