Ai Husheng (; born October 1951), also spelled as Ai Hu-shêng is a retired lieutenant general (''

zhong jiang (; ja, 将, Shō; ) is the rank held by general officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police use ...

'') of the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

(PLA) of China. He served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the

Chengdu Military Region The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...

Biography

Ai Husheng was born in October 1951. His

ancestral home An ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a ...

is Yuzhou,

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

Province. He is the son of Ai Fulin (艾福林), former political commissar of the

Shenyang Military Region The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, which ...

artillery force. He enlisted in the PLA in March 1967. He holds a master's degree in history from

Liaoning University Liaoning University () is a provincial public university founded in 1948 at Shenyang, Liaoning, China. It is among the universities listed in the nation's Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211 affirmed by the Ministry of Ed ...

. Ai served for many years in the Shenyang Military Region, rising to commander of the 347th Regiment of the 116th Division of the

39th Group Army The 79th Group Army (), formerly the 39th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 79th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground for ...

, later divisional commander and then chief of staff of the 39th Group Army (1999). In October 2002 he became commander of the 39th Army. In September 2007, he was transferred to the

to serve as chief of staff. In February 2012, he became deputy commander of the Chengdu MR. Ai Husheng retired from active service in December 2014, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 for deputy military region level commanders. He was replaced by Lt. Gen. Zhou Xiaozhou. Ai attained the rank of major general in 2002, and lieutenant general in July 2009. He was a member of the

10th National People's Congress The 10th National People's Congress () was in session from 2003 to 2008. It held five plenary sessions in this period. There were 2,984 deputies to this Congress. It succeeded the 9th National People's Congress. The 1st Session The Congres ...

. He has been an alternate member of the 17th and the

18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ai, Husheng 1951 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Henan Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Liaoning University alumni People from Xuchang Alternate members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternate members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party