Han Weiguo (; born January 1956) is a general (''

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'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been

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from August 2017 to June 2021, and formerly served as the inaugural Commander of the

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Biography

Originally from

Jingxing County Jingxing County () is a county of Hebei Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province. When King Mu of Zhou went hunting in the region, he described the terrain as ...

, Hebei, Han is a graduate of the PLA National Defense University. He served as the commander of the

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, then in December 2013, the deputy commander of the

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(now defunct). He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2015. After the 2016 re-organization of the PLA, he was named Commander of the

; at that time he was only one of two lieutenant generals named to commander or commissar positions in the re-organized Theater Command structure. He was promoted to the rank of General on July 28, 2017. In August 2017, he commanded a

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at Zhurihe Training Base in

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celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising and the founding of the People's Liberation Army, which marked the first time that a Chinese military parade had been held outside of the capital of

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. That same month, Han was named the commander of the

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, succeeding General

Li Zuocheng Li Zuocheng (; born October 1953) is a general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, currently serving as the chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission. Between 2015 and 2017, he served as the inaugural Com ...

. In 2013, Han became a deputy to the

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. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. On 20 August 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the

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1956 births Living people People from Shijiazhuang People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei Commanders of Central Theater Command Deputy commanders of the Beijing Military Region Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress PLA National Defence University alumni Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 20th-century Chinese military personnel 21st-century Chinese military personnel {{China-mil-bio-stub