Office1: | Commander of the Central Theater Command | ||||
Term Start1: | January 2023 | ||||
Predecessor1: | Wu Yanan | ||||
Office2: | Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||
Term Start2: | September 2021 | ||||
Term End2: | January 2023 | ||||
Predecessor2: | Liu Zhenli | ||||
Successor2: | TBA | ||||
Office3: | Commander of the 81st Group Army | ||||
Term Start3: | March 2017 | ||||
Term End3: | June 2019 | ||||
Predecessor3: | New title | ||||
Successor3: | Wu Aimin | ||||
Office4: | Commander of the 75th Group Army | ||||
Term Start4: | July 2016 | ||||
Term End4: | March 2017 | ||||
Predecessor4: | Li Qiaoming | ||||
Successor4: | Position abolished | ||||
Office5: | Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army | ||||
Term Start5: | 2013 | ||||
Term End5: | 2016 | ||||
Predecessor5: | Zhang Xuefeng | ||||
Successor5: | Ding Laifu | ||||
Huang Ming | |||||
Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
Birth Place: | Yixing, Jiangsu, China | ||||
Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||
Serviceyears: | 1980 - present | ||||
Rank: | General | ||||
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Huang Ming (; born April 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as commander of the Central Theater Command since January 2023. He previously served as chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from September 2021 to January 2023, and formerly served as commander of the 81st Group Army.
Huang is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.
Huang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1980, after high school. He served as chief of staff of the 78th Group Army before serving as commander of the 75th Group Army. In March 2017 he was appointed commander of the 81st Group Army,[1] and held that office until June 2019, when he was promoted to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.[3] and general (shangjiang) in January 2023.[4]