Written by | Meng Yaxu
There have been heavy adjustments in the personnel of the armed forces.
The latest example is that Li Shangfu succeeded Zhang Youxia as director of the equipment development department of the new Central Military Commission. This news is that Li Shangfu appeared in a new capacity at the "Third Exhibition and Forum of High-tech Equipment Achievements in Military-Civilian Integration And Development".
Li Shangfu, who was just promoted to lieutenant general in August last year, is also an expert in the field of aerospace.
The "aerospace expert" returns to the equipment system
With this adjustment, Li Shangfu returned to the equipment system.
He said "back" because Li Shangfu was the chief of staff of the General Armament Department Headquarters in 2013 and the deputy director of the General Armament Department in late 2014. In February 2016, he assumed the post of Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the New Strategic Support Force.
Political knowledge circle (WeChat ID: wepolitics) noted that in April this year, Li Shangfu, then deputy commander and chief of staff of the "Strategic Support Force", appeared as "deputy commander-in-chief of manned space engineering".
According to the official disclosure, "the general commander and deputy commander of the manned space project are respectively led by the equipment department of the People's Liberation Army, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Science and Technology Group Corporation." ”
Today, the commander-in-chief of China's manned space project is Zhang Youxia.
Li Shangfu is also an "aerospace expert.".
△ Li Shangfu
"This year is the Launch of Changsanjia, this is the 50th time, this year is my 30 years in aerospace work, from 1982 to now, exactly 30 years, I graduated from university in 1982, after graduating from college, I went to Xichang Launch Center."
At 18:27 on March 31, 2012, China successfully sent the Asia-Pacific No. 7 communication satellite manufactured by the French Thales Alenia Aerospace Company into a predetermined orbit with the "Long March 3B" carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Li Shangfu said in an interview with the media.
At that time, Li Shangfu's identity was the "director of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center." Li Shangfu worked in the position for a decade, directing several rocket launch missions. In addition, he also served as the commander-in-chief of the launch site system of the lunar exploration project and the commander of the Chang'e-2 launch site area command.
"Double change" again in 19 years
Political knowledge circle (WeChat ID: wepolitics) noted that with Li Shangfu's new appointment, the adjustment of the posts of director of the Equipment Development Department and political commissar of the Central Military Commission was completed.
In January this year, Lieutenant General An Zhaoqing, deputy political commissar of the Southern Theater and political commissar of the Theater Air Force, succeeded Wang Hongyao, who has reached the age of 65, and was promoted to political commissar of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. An Zhaoqing was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the Air Force in July 2016.
This is the second time in the 19 years since the establishment of the equipment department of the Central Military Commission that the minister and political commissar have been "double replaced."
According to a previous report by Xinhua News Agency, in 1998, at the suggestion of Jiang Zemin, the General Armament Department was formally established, realizing centralized and unified leadership over the construction of our army's weapons and equipment.
This department was formerly known as the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. After adjustment and transformation, the functions of the original Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense were transferred to the General Armament Department, and the newly established Science and Technology Commission for National Defense no longer has a military background.
After the establishment of the General Armament Department, there have been five ministers ↓↓↓
Cao Gangchuan 1998.3-2002.11
Li Jinai 2002.11-2004.9
Chen Bingde 2004.9-2007.9
Tsunezen 2007.9-2012.10
Zhang Youxia 2012.10-2015
It is worth mentioning that after the military reform in 2015, the construction of weapons and equipment was under the responsibility of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. In terms of the general direction, the Equipment Development Department has undertaken the functions of the former General Armament Department. The minister of the ministry is still concurrently held by Zhang Youxia.
In this sense, in the 19 years since the establishment of the equipment department, this time it should be the sixth minister.
The political commissar was replaced by four: Li Jinai, Chi Wanchun, Wang Hongyao and An Zhaoqing.
Who have been adjusted by the 7 departments (departments) of the Central Military Commission?
In addition to the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, the transfer of ministers and political commissars of the Logistics Support Department this year was also completed, first Zhang Shuguo succeeded Zhang Shengmin (who was transferred to the post of secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission) as the new political commissar of the Ministry, and then Song Puxuan succeeded Zhao Keshi as the director of the Logistics Support Department.
The personnel changes in the Equipment Development Department and the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission are only a microcosm of the personnel changes in the 15 departments of the Central Military Commission since the beginning of this year.
In January 2016, the reorganization of the organs of the Central Military Commission was completed, and the organs of the Central Military Commission broke the original headquarters system and changed to a multi-departmental system, and set up 7 departments (departments), 3 committees, and 5 directly subordinate institutions, with a total of 15 functional departments.
Since the end of last year, there have been personnel changes in 7 departments (the General Office of the Central Military Commission, the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission, the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, the Training Management Department of the Central Military Commission, and the Department of National Defense Mobilization). Among them, the logistics support department and the director of the equipment development department and the political commissar "double change".
Among the above-mentioned new recruits, Li Zuocheng, chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department, Miao Hua, director of the Political Work Department, and Song Puxuan, director of the Logistics Support Department, were all promoted to the rank of general in July 2015, at the largest general promotion ceremony since the 18th Party Congress.
New entrants
Back to Lee Sang-fu.
Political knowledge circle (WeChat ID: wepolitics) found that this adjustment is Li Shangfu's second position since the military reform. In February 2016, he was appointed Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Strategic Support Force. Less than 2 years later, he was appointed director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission.
Under the background of military reform, many people have frequently adjusted their posts.
For example, Li Zuocheng, who is known as the "general who came out of the war", served as the commander of the army after the military reform, and in August this year, he became the head of the joint staff again. Another example is zhang Shuguo, a "post-60s", in 2015, he successively moved to three major units of the Chengdu Military Region, the Beijing Military Region and the Army, and was promoted to lieutenant general in July 2016, and became the political commissar of the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission in less than a year.
There is also Miao Hua, director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, who just took office in September.
The Political Knowledge Circle (WeChat ID: wepolitics) noted that Miao Hua took up his new post twice in 2014, first as the political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region in July of that year, and then in December of that year, across arms to become the political commissar of the Navy. In September this year, he was reappointed director of the political work department of the new Central Military Commission.
Only 1 member of the Central Military Commission remained unchanged
In addition to personnel changes in 7 departments (offices), 3 committees and 5 directly subordinate agencies in 15 functional departments also have personnel adjustments.
In February this year, the media revealed that Zhang Shengmin succeeded Du Jincai as secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, which is zhang Shengmin's third position after the military reform: in December 2015, he was appointed political commissar of the Training Management Department of the Central Military Commission; less than a year later, he was reappointed as the political commissar of the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission. Also in May this year, Zhang Changming, the first spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, "regularized" in the position of deputy director of the International Military Cooperation Office of the Central Military Commission.
Zhang Youxia, who stepped down as director of the Equipment Development Department, is a member of the Central Military Commission.
With this readjustment, since the current round of military reform, 7 of the 8 members of the Central Military Commission have been readjusted (Wu Shengli, Fang Fenghui, Ma Xiaotian, Zhang Yang, Zhao Keshi, Wei Fenghe, zhang Youxia), and only Chang Wanquan, who was born in 1949, is still concurrently serving as minister of national defense.
Sequentially, the Ministry of Defense is a constituent department of the State Council.
Information | Caixin Network The Paper, Xinhua News Agency, official website of the Ministry of National Defense
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