Unforgettable figures in CPC history (5)

BEIJING, June 30, 2016 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows Yang Jingyu, a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a well-known Chinese hero of the Anti-Japanese War. He once served as president of Northeast China Anti-Japanese Committee, secretary of the CPC Harbin Committee, secretary of the CPC Nanman Provincial Committee, and general commander and commissar of the First Northeast China Anti-Japanese Joint Army. Yang was surrounded by the enemy in 1939 and died on Feb. 23, 1940 at the age of 35. This year marks the 95th birthday of the CPC. (Xinhua)