Huang Ming (military officer) explained

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
Module:
Child:yes
P:Huáng Míng

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.

Biography

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]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Wang Jun (Chinese: 王俊). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1737058 . zh:原第41集团军军长黄铭少将已调任新组建的第81集团军军长 . thepaper . 19 July 2017 . 11 December 2019 . zh.
  2. News: https://mil.sina.cn/zgjq/2019-06-28/detail-ihytcitk8384685.d.html . zh:第81集团军军长黄铭已任陆军副司令 曾参加93阅兵 . sina . 28 June 2019 . 11 December 2019 . zh.
  3. News: Song Guoqing (Chinese: 宋国庆). Li Xiaojing (Chinese: 李晓婧). http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2019/12/11/660365.html . zh:刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔 . Beijing News . 11 December 2019 . 11 December 2019 . zh.
  4. Web site: China names new chief of PLA theatre command that guards Beijing. SCMP. 11 March 2023.