Sun Jinming (; born March 1965) is a

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in the

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of China. He was an alternate member of the

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Biography

Sun was born in Taizhou,

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, in March 1965. He was promoted to deputy commander of the 52th Base of the Second Artillery Force in 2015. In 2017, he was promoted again to commander the 69th Base of the Second Artillery Force. In 2018, he was appointed commander the 64th Base of the Second Artillery Force, he remained in that position until March 2022, when he was chosen as chief of staff of the

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. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' shaojiang'') in August 2016 and

('' zhongjiang'') in March 2022. In July 2024, the CCP Central Committee confirmed a decision to expel Sun during a plenary session.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Jinming 1965 births Living people People from Taizhou, Jiangsu People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party