Liu Zhenli (; born August 1964) is a

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('' Shangjiang'') of the

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(PLA), currently serving as chief of staff of the

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. He was

commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force The Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force ( zh, s=中国人民解放军陆军司令员, p=Zhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn lùjūn sīlìng yuán) is the commanding officer of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The curren ...

from June 2021 to December 2022. He is a member of the

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. He was a delegate to the

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Biography

Liu was born in Luancheng County,

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

, in August 1964. He enlisted in the

in September 1983 and joined the

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in April 1984. He graduated from the

PLA National Defence University The National Defense University is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng X ...

. In 1986, he participated in the

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. In the war, he and his men successfully defended the line against repeated the

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assaults for 36 times. He was chief of staff of the

65th Group Army The 81st Group Army (), Unit 31675, formerly the 65th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 81st Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ...

in December 2009, commander of the army in February 2012, and commander of the

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in March 2014. He was transferred to the

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in July 2015 and appointed chief of staff. In December 2015, he became the first chief of staff of the newly reshuffled

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. In June 2021, he was made commander of the army. In September 2022, he was commissioned as chief of staff of the

. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' Shaojiang'') in December 2010,

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('' Zhongjiang'') in July 2016, and

(''Shangjiang'') in July 2021.

References

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