Bai Jianjun

Bai was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, in January 1958, and graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. He was deputy head of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army in 2003 and deputy commander of the 54th Group Army in 2006. In March 2008, he succeeded Zhang Shibo as commander of the 20th Group Army, leading his troops to participate in 2008 Sichuan earthquake relief work. He became head of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army in May 2009, in addition to serving as director of the National Civil Air Defense Office. In July 2013, he was commissioned as chief of staff of the Beijing Military Region, a position he held until December 2014, when he was promoted to deputy commander of the military region.[1][2] He was chosen as director of the Aftermath Office of the Beijing Military Region in January 2016.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2005 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2014.