Liao Xilong (; born June 1940) is a retired

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in the

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Biography

Liao was born in

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Province. He enlisted in the

(PLA) in January 1959, and joined the

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(CPC) in February 1963. He graduated from the Basic Department of the Military Academy of the PLA in 1981. He was elevated to the 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 ...

in 1985. He spent months studying national defense at

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in 1986. He was promoted to the position of commander of the Chengdu Military Region and the vice Party secretary there in 1995. From 1999 to 2001, he took graduate classes in

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. In 2002, he was appointed the director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA and a member of the Central Military Commission of the Party, and a year later, of the state. Liao was a member of the

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and 17th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.

References

1940 births Living people People from Tongren People's Liberation Army generals from Guizhou 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 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Commanders of the Chengdu Military Region Sino-Vietnamese War {{china-mil-bio-stub