List of generals of China explained
This is a list of marshals and full generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China, including all branches of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police.
Marshals
See main article: article and Yuan shuai. Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Marshal (yuan shuai) in 1955.[1] The rank was never awarded again.
Army Generals
See main article: article. Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Army General/Fleet Admiral (da jiang) in 1955.[2] The rank was never awarded again.
Generals (14 September 1988)
Since 1988, the People's Liberation Army rank of shang jiang (上将: literally, "senior general") is translated as General.
Generals (7 June 1993)
Generals (8 June 1994)
Generals (23 January 1996)
Generals (27 March 1998)
Generals (29 September 1999)
Generals (21 June 2000)
Generals (2 June 2002)
Generals (20 June 2004)
Generals (25 September 2004)[4]
Generals (24 June 2006)[5]
Generals (6 July 2007)[6]
Generals (2 November 2007)[7]
Generals (15 July 2008)[8]
Generals (20 July 2009)[9]
Generals (19 July 2010)[10]
Generals (23 July 2011)[11]
Generals (30 July 2012)[12]
Generals (23 November 2012)[13]
Promoted in 2013
On 31 July 2013, 6 officers were promoted to general:[14]
Promoted in 2014
On 11 July 2014, 4 officers were promoted to general:[15]
Promoted in 2015
On 31 July 2015, 10 officers were promoted to general:[16]
Promoted in 2016
On 29 July 2016, 2 officers were promoted to general:
Promoted in 2017
On 28 July 2017, 5 officers were promoted to general:[17]
On 2 November 2017, one officer was promoted to general:[18]
Promoted in 2019
On 31 July 2019, 10 officers were promoted to general:[19]
On 12 December 2019, 7 officers were promoted to general:[20]
Promoted in 2020
On 29 July 2020, one officer was promoted to general:[21]
On 18 December 2020, 4 officers were promoted to general:[22]
Promoted in 2021
On 5 July 2021, 4 officers were promoted to general:[23]
On 6 September 2021, 5 officers were promoted to general:[24]
Promoted in 2022
On 21 January 2022, 7 officers were promoted to general:[25]
On 8 September 2022, 1 officer were promoted to general:[26]
Promoted in 2023
On 18 January 2023, 1 officer were promoted to general:[27]
On 28 June 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[28]
On 31 July 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[29]
On 25 December 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[30]
Promoted in 2024
On 28 March 2024, 2 officers were promoted to general:[31]
On 9 July 2024, 1 officer were promoted to general:[32]
Notes and References
- http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Database/MilitaryFigures/marshals.htm Marshals
- http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Database/MilitaryFigures/army.htm Army Generals
- http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Database/MilitaryFigures/generals.htm Generals
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040930072452/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040926/asp/foreign/story_3805224.asp Promotions to help Hu build armed forces base
- http://english.gov.cn/2006-06/24/content_318910.htm China confers rank of general to 10 officers
- http://news.163.com/09/0721/05/5ENK02SD0001124J.html Xu Qiliang,Sun Dafa and Wu Shengli promoted to General
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071105082029/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/02/content_6998811.htm Head of PLA general armaments department promoted general
- Liu Zhenqi, Huang Xianzhong and Fan Changlong Promoted to General chinanews.com
- Ma Xiaotian,Liu Yuan and Zhang Haiyang promoted to General news.163.com
- Hu Jintao promotes PLA Generals news.xinhuanet.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131222170531/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/23/c_131004552.htm China promotes 6 generals, bringing total to 191
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120803002312/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-07/30/c_131748763.htm China promotes 6 officers to general
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/24/content_15955119.htm Xi Jinping promotes PLA general
- News: China promotes 6 officers to general. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701164551/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/31/c_132590587.htm. dead. 2013-07-31. 2014-07-01. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: China promotes 4 officers to general. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714053316/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-07/11/c_133477562.htm. dead. 2014-07-11. 2014-07-14. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: China promotes 10 officers to general. https://web.archive.org/web/20151030101618/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/31/c_134469023.htm. dead. 2015-07-31. 2015-10-30. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: China promotes 5 officers to general. https://web.archive.org/web/20180213045337/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/28/c_136480993.htm. dead. 2017-07-28. 2018-02-13. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: China promotes military anti-graft chief to general. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129203053/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/02/c_136723592.htm. dead. 2017-11-02. 2018-01-29. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: 10 Chinese officers promoted to rank of general. https://web.archive.org/web/20190802144618/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/31/c_138273267.htm. dead. 2019-07-31. 2019-08-02. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: 7 Chinese military officers promoted to rank of general. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117193127/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/12/c_138626138.htm. dead. 2019-12-12. 2020-11-17. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807122204/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/29/c_139249252.htm. live. 2020-07-29. 2020-08-07. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi Focus: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218155256/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/18/c_139601297.htm. live. 2020-12-18. 2020-12-18. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi promotes four military officers to rank of general. 2021-07-05. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents orders to promote military officers to rank of general. 2021-09-06. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general. 2022-01-21. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general. 2022-09-08. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents certificate of order to promote military officer to rank of general. 2023-01-18. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general. 2023-06-28. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general. 2023-07-31. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general. 2023-12-25. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general. 2024-03-28. Xinhua News Agency.
- News: Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general. 2024-07-09. Xinhua News Agency.