Chen Yi (191-1972) was born in Lezhi County, Sichuan Province. In 1919, he went to France to work and study. Joined the China Socialist Youth League in 1922. In 1923, when studying in the College of Literature of China-France University in Beijing, he joined the China Producer Party and later served as the party branch secretary of the school. From 1924 to 1926, he served as Party Secretary of Beijing Students' General Association, Organization Minister of China Kuomintang Party Department in Beijing Special City, Member of National Sports Committee of Central North District Committee and Secretary of National Sports Committee of Central Beijing District Committee. In March 1926, he participated in and led the Beijing people's struggle against the Eight-Power ultimatum. In the same year, he was sent back to work in Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. In August 1927, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising. In January 1928, he participated in the uprising in southern Hunan led by Zhu De and served as the representative of the First Division of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. In April of the same year, he came to meet the troops led by Mao Zedong, and successively served as director of the Political Department of the Fourth Army of the Workers and Peasants Red Army and secretary of the Military Commission. From 1929 to 1934, he served as Secretary of the Front Committee of the Red Fourth Army, Secretary of the Southwest Special Committee of Jiangxi Province, Secretary of the West Special Committee of Jiangxi Province, and Commander-in-Chief of the Jiangxi Military Region. After the Long March of the Central Red Army, it stayed in Jiangxi Soviet Area and persisted in guerrilla warfare. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's period, he successively served as deputy secretary of the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission and acting as commander of the New Fourth Army. During the War of Liberation, he successively served as commander of Shandong and East China Military Regions, commander of East China Field Army, deputy commander of Central Plains Military Region and Central Plains Field Army, and commander of the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as mayor of Shanghai, commander of the East China Military Region, vice premier and foreign minister of the State Council, and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Marshal of the Chinese People. He is a member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Central Committee of CPC, the 8th members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the 3rd and 4th National Committees of CPPCC. He died in Beijing on January 6, 1972.