Tao Zhiyue

Tao Zhiyue (; 1892 – 26 December 1988) was a Chinese military officer and politician, Lieutenant General of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, and a General of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. Born to a wealthy land-owning family, he graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, rose to high military positions in the Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-shek and was closely associated with Zhang Zhizhong.

In 1949, he defected to the Chinese Communist Party, playing a key role in the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China and then went on to hold high office under Mao Zedong, most notably serving as the first commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 1954 to 1968.