Office1: | President of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences | ||||||
Term Start1: | December 1998 | ||||||
Term End1: | July 2001 | ||||||
Predecessor1: | Liu Jingsong | ||||||
Successor1: | Ge Zhenfeng | ||||||
Wang Zuxun | |||||||
Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
Birth Place: | Qujing County, Yunnan, China | ||||||
Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma Mater: | PLA Military Academy | ||||||
Allegiance: | China | ||||||
Serviceyears: | 1951–2001 | ||||||
Rank: | General | ||||||
Battles: | Sino-Vietnamese War | ||||||
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Wang Zuxun (; born May 1936) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress.[1] [2]
Wang was born in Qujing County (now Qujing), Yunnan, in May 1936.[1] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in June 1951, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1959. He graduated from the PLA Military Academy.[1]
He participated in the during the Sino-Vietnamese War.[1] In September 1985 he was promoted to become commander of the Yunnan Military District, a position he held until 1988, when he was made commander of the 14th Army.[1] In December 1993, he became vice president of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, rising to president in January 1999.[1]
He attained the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 1993, and general (shangjiang) in June 2000.[1]