Sun Jinming Explained

Office1:Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
Term Start1:March 2022
Term End1:July 2024
Predecessor1:Li Yuchao
Sun Jinming
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (expelled in 2024)
Allegiance: China
Branch:
People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
Rank: Lieutenant general
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Sūn Jīnmíng

Sun Jinming (; born March 1965) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

He was an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

Sun was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu, in March 1965.

He was promoted to deputy commander of the 52th Base of the Second Artillery Force in 2015. In 2017, he was promoted again to commander the 69th Base of the Second Artillery Force. In 2018, he was appointed commander the 64th Base of the Second Artillery Force, he remained in that position until March 2022, when he was chosen as chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in August 2016 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in March 2022.[3]

In July 2024, the CCP Central Committee confirmed a decision to expel Sun during a plenary session.[4] [5]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Xu Kun (Chinese: 徐锟) . http://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/22/WS63537f11a310817f312f2d1a.html . zh:中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单(171名) . Chinadaily . 22 October 2022 . 29 October 2022 . zh.
  2. News: zh:军民畅叙鱼水情 军地携手谱新篇 . http://szb.gansudaily.com.cn/gsrb/201902/03/c109554.html . 2022-10-29 . gansudaily.com.cn . 2019-02-03 . 2022-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220702114801/http://szb.gansudaily.com.cn/gsrb/201902/03/c109554.html.
  3. News: Yue Huairang (Chinese: 岳怀让). Jiang Ziwen (Chinese: 蒋子文) . https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1509554 . zh:火箭军举行将官晋升仪式:周亚宁、方向晋升中将军衔 . thepaper . 6 August 2016 . 29 October 2022 . zh.
  4. News: 18 July 2024 . China Ousts Ex-Foreign Minister Qin Gang From Central Committee . 18 July 2024 . Bloomberg News.
  5. Web site: 2024-07-18 . 受权发布丨中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第三次全体会议公报-新华网 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240805151707/http://www.news.cn/politics/leaders/20240718/a41ada3016874e358d5064bba05eba98/c.html . 2024-08-05 . 2024-08-21 . xinhuanet.com.