Beijing News Express (reporter Wu Wei) CCTV News reported that the ceremony of promoting the Central Military Commission to the rank of general was solemnly held in Beijing's Bayi Building on September 6. Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued orders to officers promoted to the rank of general. This is also the second time in a year that the Central Military Commission has held a ceremony to promote the rank of general after the promotion of four generals on July 5 this year.
The officers who were promoted to the rank of general this time were: Wang Haijiang, commander of the Western Theater; Lin Xiangyang, commander of the Central Theater; Dong Jun, commander of the Navy; Chang Dingqiu, commander of the Air Force; and Xu Xueqiang, president of the National Defense University. The military positions of these five newly promoted generals are also publicly disclosed for the first time.
Two new commanders in the theater: Wang Haijiang once went to the battlefield and made a first-class merit, and Lin Xiangyang participated in the military parade twice
Wang Haijiang, born in October 1963, is a 58-year-old native of Anyue, Sichuan, who has served for a long time in China's border areas, serving as commander of the 61st Division of the People's Liberation Army and deputy commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military Region.
In November 2016, Wang Haijiang participated in a public event as deputy commander of the Tibet Military Region. In December 2019, Wang Haijiang was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In January 2020, Wang Haijiang succeeded Xu Yong as commander of the Tibet Military Region.
"People's Liberation Army Daily" once reported on Wang Haijiang - in 2017, Wang Haijiang squatted in the border defense line at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters for 10 consecutive months, leading officers and soldiers to build winding roads in extreme weather, contributing to the construction of border villages.
In 2018, Wang Haijiang told the media about his own experience: "I was one of the first students to take the college entrance examination from a locality to enter the military academy after the national college entrance examination was resumed in 1977. Soon after graduating, I participated in the border self-defense counterattack operation, led officers and men to reconnoiter the forward positions many times, and was awarded the first class for his bravery in combat. ”
On April 4 this year, public reports revealed that Wang Haijiang had left Tibet to take up a post in the Xinjiang Military Region. On the same day, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a Qingming sacrifice activity at the Urumqi Martyrs' Cemetery, and Wang Haijiang attended the event.
The WeChat public account "Karakoram Guards" sponsored by the Political Work Department of the Xinjiang Military Region reported that on the afternoon of August 2, the Xinjiang Military Region held its first ceremony for the retirement of senior colonel officers, and Lieutenant General Wang Haijiang, commander of the Military Region, extended high respect and good wishes to all retired officers on behalf of the officers and men of the whole region.
This also shows that Wang Haijiang was already the commander of the Xinjiang Military Region at that time. The Xinjiang Military Region is subordinate to the leadership of the Army and is at the level of deputy theater. Today, Wang Haijiang has been promoted to general, and his new position, "Commander of the Western Theater," has also been officially disclosed to the public.
Lin Xiangyang was born in October 1964 in Fuqing, Fujian Province. He served as the commander of the 72nd Group Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the commander of the Army of the Eastern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Lin Xiangyang twice participated in the Tiananmen Square military parade. On September 3, 2015, in the military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Xiangyang served as the leader of the heroic model unit of the "Combat Model Company" in the night attack on Yangmingbao. On October 1, 2019, Lin Xiangyang served as the leader of the army square for the 70th anniversary of the National Day parade.
After the 2019 National Day military parade, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported on this "army team". The Army Square is mainly composed of the "Iron Brigade" of the 82nd Group Army and is composed of 54 units of the Army. The leaders of the square were Lin Xiangyang, commander of the 72nd Group Army, and Tang Xinghua, political commissar of the 83rd Group Army.
Lin Xiangyang said in an interview: "We should train soldiers in how to fight, train hard what is needed to fight a war, and specialize in refining what the troops lack the most." ”
On April 27, 2017, Yang Yujun, then spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, disclosed the CMC's decision at a regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense: Based on the original 18 group armies, 13 group armies were reorganized and formed, named the Chinese 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 81st, 82nd and 83rd Group Armies of the people's liberation army.
Before serving as the commander of the 72nd Group Army, in July 2017, after the reorganization of the 13 group armies, Lin Xiangyang also served as the commander of the 82nd Group Army. Previously, Lin Xiangyang also served as the commander of the Army's 47th Group Army.
In July 2020, in the summer of that year's general adjustment, Lin Xiangyang, who had served as the commander of three group armies and twice as the parade leader, was transferred to the commander of the Eastern Theater Army, which was also the third army commander of the Eastern Theater.
Today, Lin Xiangyang's post as "Commander of the Central Theater" was also made public for the first time.
Chang Dingqiu, the new commander of the Air Force, was once reported by the military newspaper that "the name can be described as thunderous in the ranks of air force pilots."
Born in 1967 in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, Chang Dingqiu recruited fei in 1984 and served as deputy commander of the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.
He was once a "star general in the Air Force" in the media, and in 2016, at the age of 49, Chang Dingqiu was appointed deputy commander of the Southern Theater.
The information comes from a 2016 report by the People's Liberation Army Daily titled "Union: The Reconstruction of Fusion and "Fission"" published by the People's Liberation Army Daily. This article reports on the deepening of national defense and army reform, analyzes President Xi Jinping's awarding of military flags to the five major theaters and issuing instructions, and the establishment of a theater joint operations command structure.
In this report, Chang Dingqiu made his own analysis of the war zone, and the article wrote that Chang Dingqiu, deputy commander of the southern theater, gave the reporter a romantic analogy: "The war zone is a 'little boy', and now he looks weak, but he naturally has the genes to fight, so that he can thrive, and his strength in the future must be greater than that of a girl!" We must be patient and have more confidence! ”
In 2018, chang Ding, then 51, sought to become deputy chief of staff of the joint staff of the central military commission and set a new record for the youngest lieutenant general in active service. At the military parade on September 3, 2015, Chang Dingqiu, who was "about to reach the maximum flight age of the pilot of the Fighter Fighter of the Air Force," flew the J-10A fighter over Tiananmen Square for inspection. He was also the youngest of the 56 generals.
In October 2017, Chang Dingqiu was elected as an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee. Chang Dingqiu's combat style was detailed in a report published in August 2015 by the People's Liberation Army Daily. The report mentioned that Chang Dingqiu's name can be described as thunderous in the air force pilot team. A "dare" word that runs through his military career of more than 30 years.
Dong Jun, a newly promoted admiral and naval commander, served as director of the Military Training Department of the Naval Command, deputy chief of staff of the North Sea Fleet, deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet, and deputy chief of staff of the Navy, and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in July 2012.
Dong Jun's last post, "Deputy Commander of the Southern Theater," was disclosed in a 2017 report on an officer's foreign visit on the Ministry of National Defense's official website. According to sources, Xu Qiliang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, left Beijing on March 27 for an official visit to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The main entourage consisted of Shao Yuanming, deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission; Liu Sheng, deputy director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission; and Dong Jun, deputy commander of the Southern Theater.
It is worth noting that both Dong Jun and Chang Dingqiu attended public events as "leaders of the troops stationed in Guangdong." In January 2017, Dong Jun's identity at a public event was "the status of the leader of the troops stationed in Guangdong", ranking between Chang Dingqiu, then deputy commander of the Southern Theater, and Wang Hai, commander of the South China Sea Fleet.
This year, he has been promoted to general twice, and since the "Eighteenth National Congress", the Plaster has successively promoted 52 generals
Public information shows that from 2012 to 2017, the PLA has been promoted to general every year. There were no promotion ceremonies in 2018, and generals were promoted in 2019, 2020 and this year. On July 5 and September 6 this year, the Central Military Commission held two ceremonies to promote the rank of general, and a total of nine generals were promoted to the rank of general.
Among the promotions in the years since the 18th National Congress, the promotion scale in 2015 and 2019 was the largest, reaching 10 people.
Since the launch of a new round of military reform at the end of 2015, the army has promoted 31 generals, covering both the army, navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force, armed police force, as well as from the Central Military Commission, the five major theaters and military academies.
Who is likely to be promoted to general? According to the Regulations on the Ranks of Officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, some posts must be held by generals - vice chairman and member of the Central Military Commission as generals, chiefs of staff and director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army as generals, and Chia Tai Military Region as generals and lieutenant generals.
Judging from the correspondence between rank and position, it is possible to promote to the rank of general if you hold the post of Zhengda Military Region. According to the current division of ranks in the People's Liberation Army, military ranks are divided into three grades and ten grades, namely second lieutenant, lieutenant and captain; major, lieutenant, colonel, and colonel; major general, lieutenant general, and general.
According to the regulations, the rank of officer shall generally be promoted step by step according to the prescribed time limit. If a lieutenant is to be promoted to colonel, according to the "4 years one promotion" regulation, it generally takes more than 20 years, and the promotion can be made according to the number of years. According to the regulations, generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, colonels, and colonels must be approved and awarded by the chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Beijing News reporter Wu Wei
Edited by Feng Yajun Proofread by Liu Baoqing