Bai Jianjun (; born January 1958) is a

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

in the

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of China. He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Bai was born in

Xuzhou Xuzhou (徐州), also known as Pengcheng (彭城) in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in the built-up area ma ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

, in January 1958, and graduated from the

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (russian: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации) is the ...

. He was deputy head of the in 2003 and deputy commander of the

54th Group Army The 83rd Group Army (), formerly the 54th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 83rd Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground f ...

in 2006. In March 2008, he succeeded Zhang Shibo as commander of the

20th Group Army The 20th Group Army is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, stationed in the Jinan Military Region. It consists of two manoeuvre brigades with other attached or otherwise organic units. For some time after its formati ...

, leading his troops to participate in 2008 Sichuan earthquake relief work. He became head of the in May 2009, in addition to serving as director of the . In July 2013, he was commissioned as chief of staff of the

Beijing Military Region The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid 1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, ...

, a position he held until December 2014, when he was promoted to deputy commander of the military region. He was chosen as director of the Aftermath Office of the Beijing Military Region in January 2016. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' shaojiang'') in 2005 and

('' zhongjiang'') in July 2014.

References

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