Zheng He (general) - Misplaced Pages

Born in Shanghai, in November 1958, he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He served in the Nanjing Military Region for a long time. His first assignment was as chief of staff of the 31st Group Army followed by service at Nanjing Military Region as deputy chief of staff. He then received an assignment as director of Military Training Division of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in 2013. In July 2015 he transferred to the Chengdu Military Region as deputy commander. He was then assigned to the newly founded Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission as director in January 2016. One year later, he was appointed president of PLA Academy of Military Science, replacing Cai Yingting. He became president of PLA National Defense University in June 2017, serving in the post until his retirement in 2021.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2009 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016. On 31 July 2019, he was awarded the military rank of general (shangjiang) by Chairman Xi Jinping.

References

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Military offices
Preceded byChen Zhaohai [zh]	Director of Military Training Division of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department 2013–2016	Succeeded byPosition revoked
New title	Director of Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission 2016–2017	Succeeded byLi Huohui
Preceded byCai Yingting	President of PLA Academy of Military Science 2017–2017	Succeeded byYang Xuejun
Preceded byZhang Shibo	President of PLA National Defense University 2017–2021	Succeeded byXu Xueqiang

v t e Generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China in active service
Ground Force and Strategic Support Force	Zhang Youxia He Weidong Liu Zhenli Xu Qiling Wu Yanan Lin Xiangyang Wang Xiubin Wang Wenquan Wang Haijiang Li Fengbiao Li Qiaoming Huang Ming Xu Deqing Qin Shutong Ju Qiansheng Li Wei Yang Xuejun Zheng He Zheng Xuan Ling Huanxin
Navy*	Dong Jun Miao Hua Yuan Huazhi Liu Qingsong Hu Zhongming
Air Force	Chang Dingqiu Guo Puxiao Xu Xueqiang Wang Qiang
Rocket Force	Zhang Shengmin Xu Xisheng Wang Houbin
Armed Police Force	Wang Chunning Zhang Hongbing
Although navy shang jiang* is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese.