Wang Chunning (; born March 1963) is a general 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, ...

of China, currently serving as commander of the

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' shaojiang'') in 2011,

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('' zhongjiang'') in July 2017, and

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(''Shangjiang'') in December 2020.

Biography

Wang was born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, in March 1963, while his

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is in

Muping District Muping District (), formerly also known as Ninghai or Ninghaichow, is a district administered by the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong province, People's Republic of China, and is the easternmost county-level division The administr ...

Yantai Yantai, Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of ...

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 ...

. His father was a

. He entered politics in July 1985, and joined the

Communist Party of China 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 ...

in April 1986. In 2009 he was promoted to chief of staff of the 1st Group Army. He was its deputy commander in 2010, and held that office until 2014. In January 2014 he succeeded

Han Weiguo Han Weiguo (; born January 1956) is a general (''shang jiang'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Commander of the PLA Ground Force from August 2017 to June 2021, and formerly served as the inaugural Commander of the Centr ...

as commander of the

12th Group Army The 71st Group Army () is a formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 71st Group Army, formerly the 12th Army or 12th Corps, is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces ...

. In August 2016, he was appointed commander of the . In January 2020, he became a member of Standing Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee. In April 2020, he was appointed chief of staff of the

. He was promoted to its commander in December of that same year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chunning 1963 births Living people People from Nanjing People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Commanders of the People's Armed Police Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party