Zhao Keshi (; born November 1947) is a retired general in the Chinese

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

. He is originally from

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province. He has been director of the

Logistic Support Department The Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission () is a first-level functional department of People's Liberation Army Unit Grade System, Theater Deputy grade under the Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Com ...

since 2012.''The Wall Street Journal,'' Oct 26-28, 2012, p. 3 He formerly served as 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 2007 to 2012.

Biography

Zhao joined the army in 1968. He has held several positions, including the head of training for the Nanjing Military Region, the chief of staff for the 31st army group, commander for the 31st army group, deputy chief of staff for the Nanjing Military Region, chief of staff for the Nanjing Military Region, commander for the Nanjing Military Region. He became the commander of the 31st army group in 2000. In June 2004, he became the chief of staff and deputy commander for the Nanjing Military Region. He was elevated to his present rank of lieutenant general the next year, and took up his post as commander of the Nanjing Military Region in 2007. In 2012, he was made director of Logistic Support Department. He was promoted to full general (

shang jiang Jiang (Wade-Giles, formerly romanized chiang and usually translated general (rank), general) is a general officer rank used by China and Taiwan. It is also used as jang in North Korea, North and South Korea, shō in Japan, and tướng in Vietna ...

) on July 20, 2010. He has been a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as well as the 18th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Keshi Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 1947 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei Politicians from Baoding Commanders of the Nanjing Military Region Chiefs of staff of the Nanjing Military Region People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei