Huang Ming (military officer)

Huang Ming (Chinese: 黄铭; born April 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as commander of the Central Theater Command since January 2023. He previously served as chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from September 2021 to January 2023, and formerly served as commander of the 81st Group Army.

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Huang Ming
黄铭
Commander of the Central Theater Command
Assumed office
January 2023
Preceded byWu Yanan
Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
In office
September 2021 – January 2023
Preceded byLiu Zhenli
Succeeded byTBA
Commander of the 81st Group Army
In office
March 2017 – June 2019
Preceded byNew title
Succeeded byWu Aimin
Commander of the 75th Group Army
In office
July 2016 – March 2017
Preceded byLi Qiaoming
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army
In office
2013–2016
Preceded byZhang Xuefeng
Succeeded byDing Laifu
Personal details
BornApril 1963 (age 60)
Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1980–present
Rank General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃銘
Simplified Chinese黄铭

Huang is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Huang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1980, after high school. He served as chief of staff of the 78th Group Army before serving as commander of the 75th Group Army. In March 2017 he was appointed commander of the 81st Group Army,[1] and held that office until June 2019, when he was promoted to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.[3] and general (shangjiang) in January 2023.[4]

References
  1. Wang Jun (王俊) (19 July 2017). 原第41集团军军长黄铭少将已调任新组建的第81集团军军长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. 第81集团军军长黄铭已任陆军副司令 曾参加93阅兵. sina (in Chinese). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. Song Guoqing (宋国庆); Li Xiaojing (李晓婧) (11 December 2019). 刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. "China names new chief of PLA theatre command that guards Beijing". SCMP. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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