Zhang Youxia

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
General
Zhang Youxia
张又侠
Zhang in December 2017
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Assumed office
State Commission:
19 March 2018
Party Commission:
25 October 2017
Serving with Xu Qiliang and He Weidong
ChairmanXi Jinping
Head of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission
In office
January 2016 – August 2017
Succeeded byLi Shangfu
Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department
In office
October 2012 – January 2016
Preceded byChang Wanquan
Personal details
BornJuly 1950 (age 73)
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhāng Yòuxiá

Zhang Youxia (

PLA General Armaments Department, from 2012 to 2017.[2] He is the son of General Zhang Zongxun. He is a veteran of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and one of the few serving generals in China with war experience.[3]

Biography

Zhang was born and raised in

Shaanxi Province. He is the son of Zhang Zongxun, a Communist general in the Chinese Civil War, earning him princeling status.[4][5] Zhang Youxia's father and Xi Jinping's father Xi Zhongxun both hail from the Weinan region of Shaanxi
.

Zhang attended Beijing Jingshan School. He joined the army in 1968 at 18 years of age. In 1976 he was serving in the 14th Group Army, stationed in Yunnan province; he was rapidly promoted. He took part in the border clashes of 1979 between China and Vietnam, and then the 1984 Battle of Laoshan.[6]

In August 2000, he was named commander of the

PLA General Armaments Department. In November 2012, as is customary for the directors of the "four big departments" of the PLA, Zhang was named a member of the Central Military Commission
.

In October 2017, Zhang was named Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

Zhang is a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He was previously a member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Although expected to retire under the Chinese Communist Party's informal retirement age, Zhang remained on the Politburo following the October 23 meeting and is presently a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biography of Zhang Youxia". China Vitae. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  2. ^ The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 26–28, 2012, p. 3.
  3. ^ "PLA reshuffle strengthens Xi Jinping's hand in corruption fight". South China Morning Post. 2014-09-22.
  4. ^
    U.S. Department of Defense
    . 2022. p. 42.
  5. ^ Zhiyue, Bo (5 January 2015). "The Decline of China's Princeling Generals". The Diplomat.
  6. ISBN 7-223-00648-X

7.http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CMC/Leaders/16208695.html

Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the 13th Group Army
2000–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Shenyang Military Region
2007–2012 		Succeeded by
Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department
2012–2015 		Succeeded by
Position revoked
New title Head of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Fan Changlong
 Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
2017– 		Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
2018– 		Incumbent
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