Xu Zhongbo (; born October 1960) is a

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in the

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of China, served as political commissar of the

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from 2020 to 2023. He is an alternate of the

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. He is a delegate to the

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Biography

Xu was born in Rushan,

Weihai Weihai ( zh, t=, p=Wēihǎi), formerly Weihaiwei ( zh, s=, p=Wēihǎiwèi, l=Mighty Sea Fort, first=t), is a prefecture-level city and major seaport city in the easternmost Shandong province of China. It borders Yantai to the west and the Yellow ...

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province in October 1960. He enlisted in the

in March 1978. He served in the

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since December 2003, what he was eventually promoted to political commissar in 2013. In October 2014, he was appointed political commissar of the

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, taking over from Xu Yuanlin. In February 2016, he became political commissar of the

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. In December 2017, he became political commissar of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Central Military Commission, a position he held until July 2020, when he was promoted to become political commissar of the

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

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('' zhongjiang'') in July 2017, and

('' Shangjiang'') in July 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Zhongbo 1960 births Living people People from Rushan, Shandong Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party