| Office1: | President of the PLA Academy of Military Science | ||||||
| Term Start1: | November 1997 | ||||||
| Term End1: | December 1998 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Xu Huizi | ||||||
| Successor1: | Wang Zuxun | ||||||
| Office2: | Commander of the Lanzhou Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start2: | November 1992 | ||||||
| Term End2: | November 1997 | ||||||
| Predecessor2: | Wang Ke | ||||||
| Successor2: | Guo Boxiong | ||||||
| Office3: | Commander of the Shenyang Military Region | ||||||
| Term Start3: | 1985 | ||||||
| Term End3: | 1992 | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | Li Desheng | ||||||
| Successor3: | Wang Ke | ||||||
| Liu Jingsong | |||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Shishou County, Hubei, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | PLA 7th Infantry School | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1951–1998 | ||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||
| Battles: | Vietnam War | ||||||
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Liu Jingsong (; born July 1933) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).[1] [2] He was a member of the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]
Liu was born in the town of, in Shishou County (now Shishou), Hubei, in July 1933.[3] [4] He secondary studied at Shishou High School.[4] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in July 1951, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1954.[3] He graduated from the PLA 7th Infantry School. As a result of his performance at the Vietnam War, he was eventually promoted to commander of a PLA army in 1983. In the war, he shot down and injured 12 American fighter planes.
In 1985, he was appointed commander of the Shenyang Military Region, he remained in that position until November 1992, when he was transferred to Lanzhou Military Region and appointed commander.[5] He became president of the PLA Academy of Military Science in November 1997, and served until his retirement in December 1998. During his tenure in 1987, he commanded the troops to put out the forest fire in Daxinganling.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1994.[3]