Biography of Sun Bensheng

Sun Bensheng came from a poor family. Many people in his village had joined the army, and his father had also joined the army and fought in the war, and had won many war prizes, and was demobilized and returned to his hometown to work as a farmer after the liberation of the country in 1949. Sun Bensheng grew up often listening to his father's memories of the war years, the People's Liberation Army that is not afraid of hard work, the courage to go forward, the spirit of death has a great impact on him, and he aspired to be a soldier in the future to protect the country.

In early 1963, Sun Bensheng heard that the army was recruiting in his hometown and immediately rushed to his village to enroll in the army. Because he was not yet 18 years old, the staff did not allow him to report, he heard anxious tears are about to fall, overnight rushed more than ten miles of mountain road directly to find the receiving cadres, then came to receive the military is the capital guard division called Zhang Youcai squadron leader, Zhang Youcai see Sun Bensheng so want to be a soldier, he talked to him, and found that Sun Bensheng is very simple, cultural foundation is good, and the physical quality of the body is also very good, they agreed to help him fight for a little bit. In this way, Sun Bensheng joined the army and came to the Capital Guards Division. At that time, the honor guards were selected from the recruits of the whole division, and Sun Bensheng was selected to perform the honor guard battalion of the national welcoming foreign ceremonial tasks. As soon as he arrived at the army, the honor guards' dignified appearance, solemn military appearance and strict discipline left a deep impression on Sun Bensheng, who secretly resolved that he would be a qualified honor guard and strive for glory for his country and his hometown.

The honor guard mission represents the dignity of the country and the image of the three armies, so the training of honor guards is very strict and very hard. At the beginning of the formation training, standing posture station is 5, 6 hours a movement can not move, the body is stiff and numb to lose consciousness; practice gun handling, grinding hands are full of blood blisters, blood and sweat dripping down the butt of the gun; practicing fast and slow walk, legs swollen old thick, night bed are difficult. That year was the time of the army competition, so they practiced formation during the day, and in the morning and evening they also practiced physical fitness, assassination and bomb throwing. Sun Bensheng got up at 4:00 every day to practice bomb throwing, because it was still dark, the coaching bomb was not easy to find, he used a rope tied to the handle of the bomb, and then dragged it back, and at night, he practiced gun drilling, and practiced until 10:00 before going back to the dormitory to rest. At that time, the conditions of the army was very hard, the soldiers training intensity, food is rationed, many soldiers do not have enough to eat, every day clothes are soaked with sweat, rarely dry, so hard to practice for more than a year. Sun Bensheng since childhood, there is no fear of suffering, unconvincing strength, training up especially hard, very strict on their own requirements, his military quality is very hard, many times by the division was honored as "standard bearer", "five good soldiers", "training leader", grenade a shot on 70, 80 meters. In the same period of comrades, he was the first to join the party, but also the first to participate in the formation of honorary duty, has more than 20 times honorably accepted Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and other leaders of the party and the country accompanied by foreign heads of state parade. Whenever he accompanied the loud and clear sound of the national anthem stands in the **** and the country's parade ground, will be passionate, blood boiling, with their own excellent quality to show a ceremonial soldier's style, to express the party, to the motherland, to the revolutionary leader of the deep feelings.

In February 1965, the capital guard division training brigade needs a number of military and political quality of the backbone of the training and teaching work, Sun Bensheng was transferred to the training brigade as a squad leader, in April 1966 promoted to the division training brigade sub-captain. He devoted himself to training and teaching, training a large number of learning and training talents, to promote the division's training work has made outstanding achievements. Usually, Sun Bensheng very love to learn, as soon as there is time to study the works of Chairman Mao, has a very good theoretical foundation, in 1967 he was transferred to the training brigade political instructor, the same year, but also as a garrison "study the writings of Chairman Mao activist", in the Great Hall of the People by the Premier's Zhou Enlai's cordial reception. The company has been working hard since then, and in September of that year, he was promoted to the division communication company political instructor, under his leadership, the company for several years by the division as the "four good" company. 1970, Sun Bensheng motorcycle battalion deputy political committeeman; in 1974, he was a regiment of political instructor.

In February 1975, Sun Bensheng was sent to Shijiazhuang Army College to study for one year. After completing his studies, he was appointed in February 1976 as a political commissar of an honor guard battalion. In the honor guard leadership position, Sun Bensheng many times participated in the design and demonstration of major ceremonial protocol reform program, led the officers and men to perform hundreds of protocol tasks and major festivals, gatherings of the parade task, become a witness to many major historical events and witnesses. In order to lead this honorable troop and better show the national prestige and military prestige, he has made great efforts to cultivate the loyalty, dedication and excellent style of honor guard officers and soldiers, vigorously advocated the founding tenet of "Devoting oneself to the cause of honor guard and aiming to win glory for the country", and inspired the morale with the oath of "honor guard is more important than life, and the cause is more important than youth". The oath of "honor guard is more important than life, and the cause is more important than youth" is used to inspire morale and unite soldiers. Over the years, generations of honor guard officers and soldiers have faithfully fulfilled their sacred mission with such conviction and will, and made outstanding contributions to the cause of honor guard for the motherland.

In February and November 1980, Sun Bensheng successively served as deputy political commissar and political commissar of a regiment of the guard division of the garrison, this regiment was responsible for guarding some important targets in the Beijing area, and although he was a political cadre, he always did his work around the guards, and led the troops to accomplish various guard tasks with great excellence.

In April 1983, Sun Bensheng was promoted to be the deputy commander of the guard division.

In 1985 he entered the In 1985, Sun Bensheng entered the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army for three years of further study in the Basic Department. After graduation, Sun Bensheng was appointed in August 1988 as the commander of the security division.

The division, the central guard unit where Zhang Side was born, is an old unit with a glorious history and fine traditions. From its birth in Jinggangshan in 1928, it has been following the CPC Central Committee to the north and south, shouldering the glorious task of defending the CPC Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and maintaining the stability of the capital, the position is important, the mission is special, and the responsibility is great. In such a force as a leading cadre, he felt the burden on his shoulders heavy. In order to fulfill the guard mission, he always puts the loyalty and reliability of the troops in the first place, educates the troops to be "loyal to the cause of the guards, willing to be anonymous heroes", and cultivates the "five loves" of the officers and soldiers, "love the Party, love the motherland, love the people, love the capital, love the guards". "Five love" spirit. In order to better fulfill the guard mission, Sun Bensheng often lead the cadres of the organization to investigate and study in the front line, ran through all the guard targets and duty point, with the troops of the comrades to study the situation facing the guard work, highlighting the quality of the troops on duty and on-duty management. The implementation of major security missions, he often personally develop programs, pre-conceived the most difficult and complex situation, in the front line organization and command. Several times, the troops in the implementation of major tasks encountered unexpected situations, with years of experience in security work, he decisive command, flexible disposal, to avoid problems. During his tenure as a division commander, *** led the troops to successfully complete thousands of major temporary guard duty, to ensure the absolute security of the guard target, foolproof. Officers and soldiers with good quality, excellent style has won the CPC Central Committee, the Central Military Commission of the high degree of trust.

In September 1990, Sun Bensheng was transferred to the Beijing Garrison deputy chief of staff, in December 1994 became deputy commander of the Beijing Garrison, in 1996 was promoted to the rank of major general. During his tenure, he was responsible for the combat guards and foreign affairs work of the troops, led the organization to develop and improve the standardization of guard duty, and organized dozens of military performances for the troops to welcome foreigners every year. He also successfully completed the major tasks such as the ceremonial ceremonies for the return of Hong Kong and Macao. At that time, Sun Bensheng also served as deputy director of the Beijing Mobilization Committee for National Defense, deputy commander-in-chief of the Beijing Municipal Forest Protection and Fire Prevention Command, member of the Beijing Municipal Counter-Terrorism Leadership Group, director of the Traffic Safety Committee of the Capital Garrison, and member of the Capital Greening Committee. Every year, he organizes and commands tens of thousands of troops to support the capital's greening labor, key project construction and disaster relief, etc. In 1999, he organized the troops to spend more than two months to support the construction of the Tiananmen Square renovation project, which made outstanding contributions to the construction and development of the capital.

In February 2002, Sun Bensheng was promoted to political commissar of the Beijing Garrison. In the same year, he was elected as a representative of the 16th Party Congress. During his term of office, he led the troops to seriously study the "Three Represents" and the scientific concept of development and a series of innovative theories, put forward the construction of "especially loyal, especially tough" garrison guard force goals, and make great efforts to promote innovation in troop construction. In order to understand the grass-roots level of some of the outstanding contradictions and problems, he put on a backpack in the company to live for several months, organizing cadres at the grass-roots level in the tracking and inspection for two years, presided over the development of the grass-roots construction of the "two norms", solved a number of years of unresolved key problems. He has always put the troops, the plight of the officers and soldiers in mind, with 2 years, the organization of personnel extensive investigation and argumentation, determined to reform the 30 years of cadres below the battalion are not allowed to find a partner in the resident regulations, coordination with the Beijing Municipal Government has introduced a new policy on the transfer of cadres, and so on. 2003, Beijing, the emergence of the SARS epidemic, the guards on duty mission poses a major threat to the troops, and in the face of this threat, the Beijing Municipal Government has been able to implement the new policies and measures. In 2003, the SARS epidemic in Beijing posed a major threat to the guard duty mission of the force, and during this special period, he organized the troops to react quickly and calmly, and went all out to catch the preventive work. At the most critical juncture, he disregarded his personal safety and danger, and went into the first line of the guard target and the duty point many times, took decisive measures to strengthen the protection, and adjusted the deployment of the guards in time to ensure that the guard mission was not affected in any way. He also visited the isolation facilities, hospitals and other sensitive areas many times to visit the officers and soldiers under quarantine observation, and coordinated all forces from all walks of life to rescue and treat the sick soldiers.