Wu Yanan (; born August 1962) is a

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('' shangjiang'') of the

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(PLA), currently serving as commander of the

Southern Theater Command The Southern Theater Command () is one of the Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor was the Guangzhou Military Region. Its jurisdicti ...

, in office since July 2024. He was commander of the

Central Theater Command The Central Theater Command is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region. The International Inst ...

from January 2022 to January 2023. In January 2023, he was transferred to the Central Military Commission Joint Operations Command Center. He is a representative of the

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13 ...

Biography

Wu was born in

Fuxin Fuxin ( zh, s= , p=Fùxīn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. As of the 2020 census, its decreasing total population was 1,647, ...

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, in August 1962. After graduating from Fuxin High School in 1980, he enlisted in the

in September of that same year. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in September 1984. In July 2013, he was promoted to become deputy commander of the 16th Group Army, and held that office until March 2017, when he was promoted again to become commander of the

78th Group Army The 78th Group Army (), Military unit cover designator, Unit 31669, formerly the 16th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of thirteen total Group army (mili ...

. In April 2020, he was commissioned as deputy commander of the

Northern Theater Command The Northern Theater Command () is one of the five Theater command (China), theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region, Jinan Military Region and Beijing Militar ...

and commander of its

Northern Theater Command Ground Force The Northern Theater Command Ground Force is the ground force under the Northern Theater Command. Its headquarters is in Jinan, Shandong. The current commander is Shi Zhenglu and the current political commissar is . History The Northern Theat ...

. In December 2020, he took office as deputy chief of staff of the

Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission The Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (JSDCMC) ( zh , s = 中央军委联合参谋部 ) is the command organ and the headquarters for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), superseding the former PLA General Staff Departm ...

, concurrently serving as deputy chief of the . In January 2022, he rose to become commander of the

, succeeding

Lin Xiangyang Lin Xiangyang (; born October 1964) is a general (''Jiang (rank), shangjiang'') of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who is the current commander of Eastern Theater Command, in office since January 2022. Biography Born in the town of Haikou, Fuji ...

. In July 2024, he became commander of the

. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in July 2014,

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('' zhongjiang'') in April 2020 and

('' shangjiang'') in January 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Yanan 1962 births Living people People from Fuxin People's Liberation Army generals from Liaoning People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party