Sun Zhongtong (; born October 1944) is a retired

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of the

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(PLA) of the

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. He served as vice director of the

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Biography

Born in

Wendeng Wendeng () is a district of Weihai, Shandong province, China. Wendeng is primarily an industrial based area, with a large minority of citizens working as farmers. Wendeng was , then converted to an urban district in March 2014. Administrative di ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

, Sun entered the work force in September 1964, and joined the

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(CCP) in September 1965. He graduated from the CCP

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, majoring in economics management. He enlisted in the army in January 1965, and served in various posts in the

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

Military District. He was elevated to vice director of the propaganda department of the

in October 1990. In May 1993, he became editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' and president of the newspaper agency in September 1994. He became the assistant director of the General Political Department and a member of the CCP committee there in July 2001. He was elevated to vice director of the General Political Department in July 2004. In December of the same year, he was also appointed Secretary of the

Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission The Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission (; abbreviated CMCCDI) is the top disciplinary organ of the Central Military Commission of China. The CMCCDI has "dual responsibility" to the Central Commission for Di ...

. He attained the rank of

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in July 1993,

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in July 2002, and

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in June 2006.Central Military Commission Awarded 10 Generals, Two of Them From Shandong
Shandong News He was an alternate member of the

16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. ...

and a full member of the 17th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Zhongtong 1944 births Living people Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Politicians from Weihai Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Alternate 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