Qin Weijiang ( zh, s=秦卫江; born December 1955) is a retired

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank 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 battlefield, who was norma ...

('' zhongjiang'') of the

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(PLA) who served as Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force between January 2016 and December 2018. Prior to that, he was Deputy Commander of the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covered all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shangh ...

from December 2010 to January 2016. He was promoted to the rank of major general ( shaojiang) in 2000 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 2012.

Early life and education

Qin was born in

Hong'an County Hong'an County (), formerly named Huang'an County (; Hwangan), located to the north of provincial capital Wuhan, is a county under jurisdiction of Huanggang, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Hong'an is famous for being the birthplace o ...

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

in December 1955, to

Qin Jiwei Qin Jiwei (; 16 November 1914 – 2 February 1997) was a general of the People's Republic of China, Minister of National Defense and a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo. Qin Jiwei was born to a poor peasant family in Huang'an (now ...

, a general and former Minister of National Defense, and Tang Xianmei. His brother Qin Tian is a lieutenant general of the

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

(PAP). His sister Qin Wanjiang is a businesswoman who was married to Yang Dongming, son of General

Yang Chengwu Yang Chengwu ( zh, s=杨成武, t=楊成武, p=Yáng Chéngwǔ; October 27, 1914 – February 14, 2004), alias Yang Nengjun ( zh, links=no, s=杨能俊, p=Yáng Néngjùn) was a Communist Chinese revolutionary and general of the People's Libera ...

. After the resumption of college entrance examination, he was accepted to PLA Ground Force Engineering University, where he earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1982. He obtained a master's degree of military science from

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 2002 and a Doctor of Management degree from the

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences The University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS; ) is a public university headquartered in Shijingshan, Beijing, Shijingshan, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The university is part of the Double ...

in 2011, respectively.

Career

Qin served in the

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for a long time before serving as Deputy 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, ...

in July 2005. He was Commander of the

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in 2006, and held that office until 2010. In December 2010 he was appointed Deputy Commander of the

, and served until January 2016. He rose to become Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force in January 2016, serving in the post until he retirement in December 2018. He was a member of the 13th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

References

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