Li Fengbiao (; born October 1959) is a

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

('' Shangjiang'') 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). He is the current political commissar of the

Western Theater Command The Western Theater Command ()is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its jurisdiction includes Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Chongqing. Guizhou ...

, one of the five military regions of the

. He is a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Biography

Li was born in

Anxin County Anxin () is a county in central Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Baoding City, the centre of which lies about to the west, and , it has a population of 420,000 residing in an area of . Most of Baiyang Lake is located in the ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, in October 1959. He enlisted in the

in 1978. He was chief of staff of the 15th Airborne Corps in 2007 before serving as commander of the 15th Army (now

People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps () is an airborne corps under direct command of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). It was reorganized and renamed from the 15th Airborne Corps in May 2017 and now comprises six ...

) in July 2011. In December 2014, he was assigned 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 ...

, one of seven military districts in China. In January 2016, he was appointed deputy commander and chief of staff of the newly founded

Central Theater Command The Central Theater Command () is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessors were the Beijing Military Region and Jinan Military Region. The International In ...

. He was commander of the

People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF; ) is the space, cyber, political, and electronic warfare force and the 5th branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

in April 2019, and held that office until June 2021, when he was appointed political commissar of the

. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' Shaojiang'') in 2008,

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 2016, and

('' Shangjiang'') in December 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Fengbiao 1959 births Living people People from Anxin County People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei Political commissars of Western Theater Command People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party