Colonel Feng Yanghe, one of the driving forces behind the AI software used in the country’s military simulations, died in Beijing early on July 1 on the way to “a major mission”, according to profiles posted online. He was 38.
The profiles did not specify a cause of death.
Feng’s funeral committee said the ceremony was held at Babaoshan on Saturday morning, indicating he would be interred at the cemetery as a military “martyr” who died in the line of duty.