In 1955, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conferred military ranks for the first time, a historical event known as the "Great Rank". This award gave birth to a series of well-known founding generals, such as the famous Ten Marshals, the Top Ten Generals, and 55 Generals. However, the "Type 55 rank" did not exist for long, and was officially abolished in 1965. It was not until 1988 that the PLA reinstated the military rank system, and this time a total of 17 generals were born.
In 1994, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conferred military ranks again, and this time a total of 19 generals were born, including Wang Ruilin. So, what kind of legendary story does Wang Ruilin's life have? Wang Ruilin was born in 1930 in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, from a poor peasant family. When he was growing up, he witnessed the crimes of the Japanese invasion of Shandong, which made him determined to contribute to the cause of resisting Japan and saving the country from an early age.
Guided by this belief, he joined the local children's regiment and began to relay information for the Eighth Route Army in the base areas behind enemy lines. In 1946, a year after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Ruilin, who was only 16 years old, joined the army and became a soldier of the independent battalion of the Jiaodong Military Region. Subsequently, he took on the position of clerk and other positions, mainly responsible for the delivery of new soldiers to the front. Due to his outstanding performance, in 1947, the higher authorities transferred him to the confidential training team of the Jiaodong Military Region for training.
After graduating, he was ordered to go to the Northeast Military Region and became a confidential staff officer, where he witnessed the birth of New China. Soon after, Wang Ruilin was transferred to Beijing, entered the Government Affairs Yuan, and became a newspaper clerk in the confidential department. 1952 was an extremely important year for him, he was selected by Grandpa Deng as a confidential secretary, and since then he has been following Grandpa Deng for a long time as his secretary. The two have formed a deep bond with each other, as close as father and son.
However, in the special period of the sixties and seventies of the last century, Wang Ruilin experienced many setbacks, and in 1969 he was sent to work in Jiangxi Jinxian No. 57 Cadre School. As Grandpa Deng's confidential secretary, Wang Ruilin's ups and downs in life are always accompanied by Grandpa Deng's circumstances. After Grandpa Deng's comeback, Wang Ruilin also ended his decentralization and continued to return to Grandpa Deng as a secretary; When Grandpa Deng encountered adversity, Wang Ruilin continued to be sent to work. Wang Ruilin, no matter where he is, is unswervingly and wholeheartedly serving Grandpa Deng.
Since his comeback in 1977, he has been working as Grandpa Tang's secretary and has long been committed to handling the affairs of Grandpa Tang's office. In 1988, when the People's Liberation Army reinstated his military ranks, 58-year-old Wang Ruilin was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Subsequently, he served as secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, making outstanding contributions to the political construction of our army, relying on a solid theoretical foundation. In 1994, at the age of 64, Wang Ruilin was promoted to general and served as a member of the ** Military Commission until his retirement in 2002.
It is worth mentioning that although he has retired, Wang Ruilin in his later years still cares about the construction and development of the motherland, actively supports the old area and the Hope Project, and remembers Grandpa Deng's kindness with the heart of gratitude and retribution. On the occasion of Grandpa Deng's 110th birthday, Wang Ruilin, who was over eighty years old, went to Grandpa Deng's hometown of Guang'an, Sichuan, in person, regardless of his old health, to present a flower basket to the bronze statue of Grandpa Deng. In his later years, Wang Ruilin mainly lived in Beijing, enjoying a quiet life. Until 2018, 88-year-old Wang Ruilin passed away in Beijing due to illness.