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Qiao Xiangji has been appointed
Deputy Commander of the Southern Theater Command and Commander of the Southern Theater Command Air Force
According to Hainan Daily, Feng Fei, Secretary of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee, and Liu Xiaoming, Governor of Hainan Province, led the Hainan Province August 1st Army Support and Comfort Team to Guangzhou and Zhanjiang from July 31st to August 1st to visit and comfort officials and soldiers of the Southern Theater Command, as well as the Air Force and Navy of the Theater Command, and held a symposium to discuss the depth of the situation and plan for military civilian development. Commander Wang Xiubin of the Southern Theater Command, Deputy Commander and Air Force Commander Qiao Xiangji of the Southern Theater Command, and Deputy Commander Liu Rongfu of the Southern Theater Command Navy attended the symposium.
The above message shows that Qiao Xiangji has been appointed as the Deputy Commander of the Southern Theater Command and Commander of the Southern Theater Command Air Force.
Qiao Xiangji was born in February 1963 in Renxian County, Hebei Province and enlisted in the military in July 1979.
Qiao Xiangji has served as a pilot, squadron leader, squadron leader, deputy regimental commander, regimental commander, deputy director, director, commander of a certain aviation division, assistant to the chief of staff of the Air Force, and commander of the former Fuzhou Command Post of the Air Force. In December 2014, he was promoted to the rank of Major General.
During the 2016 National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Qiao Xiangji wrote an article titled "Building the Great Wall in the Sky and Defending Enemies Thousands of Miles Away". He mentioned that we must always adhere to the fundamental standard of combat effectiveness. The "four beams and eight pillars" of reform have been upheld. We must consciously change our minds, change our concepts, break down misunderstandings, find the right position and space, follow up with passion and confidence, and build the "Great Wall of Steel" to resist enemies thousands of miles away.
Qiao Xiangji was appointed as the Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Northern Theater Command no later than June 2017.
According to information from China Military Network, Qiao Xiangji was named a model commander by the Air Force in 2011, and was recognized as a leading cadre of the Anti Corruption and Diligent Division by the Air Force in 2012. He has participated in multiple live combat exercises organized by the entire army, headquarters, and air force.
In June 2021, Qiao Xiangji made an official appearance as Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command and wore a Major General's shoulder badge to attend the event.
Zhang Jian has been appointed as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command
According to Sichuan Daily on August 2nd, Huang Qiang, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Governor, and Shi Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee, led a delegation of the Provincial Party Committee and Government to visit and comfort the troops stationed in Sichuan. They extended holiday congratulations and sincere greetings to the soldiers, officers and soldiers of the People's Armed Police Force, and reserve personnel of the militia, as well as to retired military cadres, demobilized veterans, revolutionary disabled soldiers, and families of martyrs throughout the province. Zhang Jian, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command, participated in relevant activities.
The above news shows that Zhang Jian has been appointed as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command.
Zhang Jian was born in 1963 and is from Yiyang, Hunan. He served in the former Guangzhou Military Region for a long time. In 1997, he was appointed as the Director of the Office of the Headquarters of the Hong Kong Garrison, and later served as the Commander of the Infantry Brigade and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Hong Kong Garrison.
After leaving Hong Kong, Zhang Jian served as the former Chief of Operations of the Guangzhou Military Region Command, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the 42nd Group Army, and was promoted to Major General in July 2010.
In 2013, he was appointed as the Commander of the Hubei Provincial Military Region. In September of the following year, he was transferred to the Commander of the Hainan Provincial Military Region. In February 2016, he was appointed as the Army of the Eastern Theater Command.
By March 2017 at the latest, Zhang Jian had been appointed as the Director of the Operations Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission. In the same year, he was transferred to the position of Commander of the Army of the Southern Theater Command, and was promoted to the rank of Major General in June 2019.
Wu Junbao has been appointed as the Commander of the Air Force of the Eastern Theater Command
According to Nanjing Daily, on July 30th, leaders of Nanjing city made a special visit to the Eastern Theater Command, the Eastern Theater Command Air Force, the Provincial Military Region, and other organs, as well as some grassroots troops, representing the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal Government, the Municipal Council, and the people of the city, to extend high respect and holiday blessings to the people's soldiers.
The news mentioned that General Lin Xiangyang, Political Commissar Liu Qingsong of the Eastern Theater Command, Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Work Department Ma Zhewen, Major General Wu Junbao and Political Commissar Zhong Weiguo of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force, Major General Zhang Guocheng and Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Region, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Han Liming, Mayor Chen Zhichang, Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress Long Xiang, Chairman of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference Wang Liping, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Shen Wenzu and other military and civilian leaders attended.
The above message shows that Wu Junbao has been appointed as the commander of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force.
The Eastern Theater Command leads and commands the armed forces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Shanghai.
Wu Junbao previously served as the Chief of Staff and Division Commander of the Air Force Aviation Division of the Nanjing Military Region, as well as the Commander of the Air Force Shanghai Base. In 2014, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in the Air Force.
According to media reports in 2018, Wu Junbao was appointed as the Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Central Theater Command. Elected as an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee in October 2022.