Wang Sentai (; born December 1951) is a retired

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of China. He served as a Deputy Political Commissar of the

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Biography

Wang Sentai was born December 1951 in

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Province. He holds a graduate degree in international politics from the

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School is a higher education institution that trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. It is located in Haidian, Beijing, close to Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace. The current president is Chen Xi, a former member ...

. Wang served as political commissar for Bayi Studios, the PLA's film and television production company, from 1999 to 2004. In 2007, Wang was promoted to director of the Subordinate Organizations Work Department (直属机关工作部) under the

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(GPD), the department responsible for cultural goods produced directly for the GPD. Soon afterwards, Wang was selected to be a delegate to the

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress (NPC) met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the ...

(NPC). During the third meeting of the NPC, Wang gave a speech on ideological work for senior and mid-level cadres. In early 2010, Wang became deputy political commissar of the

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. Shortly afterwards, he published articles in two national newspapers. On July 18 he published an article in the ''

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'' discussing the importance of political values to military innovation and research. Four days later, he published an article in the ''

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'' on how best to popularize

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. Wang attained the rank of major general in July 2001, and lieutenant general in December 2011. In 2012, Wang was elected as a member to the Central Discipline Inspection Committee of the

18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held November 8–14, 2012 at the Great Hall of the People. Due to term limits and age restrictions, seven of the nine members of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) retir ...

. In January 2013, he was appointed a deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy. He retired from active military service in December 2014.

References

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