Wu Junbao (; born 1965) is a

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in the

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of China. He is an alternate of the

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Biography

Wu was born in Qianjiang County (now Qianjiang),

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 1965. He once served as commander of the 14th Division of the Air Force Aviation Corps 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 ...

. He was commander of Shanghai Air Force Base in 2013, and held that office until 2017, when he deputy commander of the

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. He was assistant to the chief of staff of the

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in early 2021 and subsequently deputy commander of the

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and commander of the

Eastern Theater Command Air Force The Eastern Theater Command Air Force is the air force under the Eastern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The current commander is Wu Junbao and the current political commissar is . History On 1 February 2016, the fo ...

in December of that same year. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in December 2014 and

('' zhongjiang'') in December 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Junbao 1965 births Living people People from Qianjiang People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Alternates of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party