Tian Xiusi (; born February 1950) is a retired Chinese general who served as Political Commissar of the

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force, also referred to as the Chinese Air Force () or the People's Air Force (), is the primary aerial warfare service of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAAF controls most of the PLA's air assets, includi ...

. Previously, he was a standing committee member of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

committee and the political commissar of the

Xinjiang Military District The Xinjiang Military District (新疆军区) is a special military area of the PLA at the Theater Deputy-grade.(副战区级). It is one of three districts (Tibet and Beijing being the other two) that are directly under the Central Military C ...

, as well as political commissar of the

Chengdu Military Region The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...

. In July 2016, Tian was placed under investigation for "serious violations of discipline".

Biography

Tian was born in Dongshuiyun Village, Houcun Town,

Mengzhou Mengzhou () is a county-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city Jiaozuo. Its population in 1999 stood at 341,190. Administrative divisions , this city is divided to 4 subdistricts ...

Henan Province Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luo ...

. He joined the

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in 1968 and served in

for more than three decades. He attained the rank of lieutenant general in July 2006,Tian Xiusi Elevated to Lieutenant General, Approved by Hu Jintao
xj.chinanews.com.cn and general in July 2012. A veteran of the 1984

Battle of Laoshan The Battle of Laoshan (Chinese: 老山戰役), known in Vietnam as the Battle of Vị Xuyên (Vietnamese: ''Mặt trận Vị Xuyên)'' was fought in 1984 between China and Vietnam as part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). It is consi ...

of the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts, Tian was one of the few Chinese generals of his generation with actual battle experience. He succeeded General Zhang Haiyang as political commissar of the

in 2009. In 2012, he replaced and General

Deng Changyou Deng Changyou (; born February 1947) is a retired general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as political commissar of the PLAAF. Biography Born in Pengxi, Sichuan Province, Deng joined the PLA in March 19 ...

as the 12th political commissar of the

, even though he had never served in the Air Force. Tian retired from active service in July 2015, after having reached the age of 65. He was replaced by Lt. General Yu Zhongfu. After retiring from military service, he was named a deputy chair of the

National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress ( NPC), the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee was created during ...

in August 2015. Tian was a member of the 17th and 18th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

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