| Office1: | Head of the Equipment Development Department | ||||||
| Term Start1: | October 2022 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Li Shangfu | ||||||
| Office2: | President of PLA National Defence University | ||||||
| Term Start2: | August 2021 | ||||||
| Term End2: | October 2022 | ||||||
| Predecessor2: | Zheng He | ||||||
| Successor2: | Xiao Tianliang | ||||||
| Office3: | Commander of Northern Theater Command Air Force | ||||||
| Term Start3: | November 2017 | ||||||
| Term End3: | August 2021 | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | Ding Laihang | ||||||
| Successor3: | Liu Wenqi | ||||||
| Office4: | Chief of Staff of Eastern Theater Command Air Force | ||||||
| Term Start4: | 2016 | ||||||
| Term End4: | August 2017 | ||||||
| Office5: | Chief of Staff of Nanjing Military Region Air Force | ||||||
| Term Start5: | December 2013 | ||||||
| Term End5: | 2016 | ||||||
| Predecessor5: | Huang Guoxian | ||||||
| Successor5: | Position revoked | ||||||
| Xu Xueqiang | |||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Yiyang, Hunan, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | ?–present | ||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||
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Xu Xueqiang (; born November 1962) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), serving as head of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission since October 2022. He was the president of PLA National Defence University from 2021 to 2022 and previously served as commander of Northern Theater Command Air Force and before that, chief of staff of Nanjing Military Region Air Force.
Xu was born in Yiyang, Hunan province in November 1962. He served in before being appointed as chief of staff of Nanjing Military Region Air Force in December 2013. In 2016, he was appointed chief of staff of the newly founded Eastern Theater Command Air Force, a position he held until August 2017, when he was transferred to Northern Theater Command Air Force and appointed commander. In August 2021, he was appointed president of PLA National Defence University, succeeding Zheng He.[1] [2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2013, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in September 2021.[3] [4]