Jiang Futang (; born October 1941) is a

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('' shangjiang'') of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a representative of the 13th and

14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國共產黨第十四次全國代表大會) was convened from October 12 - 18, 1992. It was preceded by the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

Biography

Jiang was born in the town of Tengjia, in

Rongcheng County Rongcheng () is a county in central Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Baoding prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ...

(now Rongcheng), Shandong, in October 1941. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1959, and joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CCP) in May 1960. In August 1976, he rose to become director of Political Department of the 26th Group Army, and then political commissar in May 1983. In January 1985, he was appointed political commissar of the 67th Group Army. During his tenure, he participated in the

Sino-Vietnamese War The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a border war fought between China and Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam's actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1978, which ended the rule of the C ...

. In June 1985, he was appointed director of Political Department of the

Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commander ...

, he remained in that position until December 1993, when he was transferred to 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 ...

and appointed deputy political commissar and director of Political Department. He became political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region in September 1995, and served until December 2005. In March 2008, he was made vice chairperson of the

National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee The National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress ( NPC), the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special committee was created during the firs ...

. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' shaojiang'') in September 1988,

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

('' zhongjiang'') in July 1993 and

('' shangjiang'') in June 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Futang 1941 births Living people People from Rongcheng, Shandong Shandong University alumni PLA National Defence University alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress