Wang Hongyao (; born November 1951) is a retired general of the Chinese

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 served as Political Commissar of the

PLA General Armaments Department People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department (GAD; ) was founded in April 1998 and is in charge of equipping and arming the People's Liberation Army, as well as overseeing and improving military technology. It is one of the four "general d ...

, and its successor organization, the

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission The Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission () is the chief organ under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China. It was founded on January 11, 2016, under Xi Jinping's military reforms. The ...

, from 2011 to 2017.

Biography

Wang Hongyao was born in November 1951 in

Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jining ...

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 ...

Province. He holds a graduate degree from the

PLA National Defence University The People's Liberation Army National Defence University () is a Beijing-based national military university administered by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and funded by the Central Military Commission. The university is the highest militar ...

. Wang joined the PLA in December 1969, and served in the 199th division of the

67th Group Army The 67th Group Army was a military formation of the People's Liberation Army that existed from the civil war era until the disarmament of 1999. In its last years it was part of the Jinan Military Region with its headquarters at Zibo.Dennis J. Blasko ...

. From 1993 to 1996 he worked in the political department of the 199th division. In 1996 he became the Political Commissar of the 162nd division of the

54th Group Army The 83rd Group Army (), formerly the 54th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 83rd Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground fo ...

. From 2000 he served as Director of the Political Department, and then Political Commissar of the 54th Army. He became Director of the Political Department of the

Shenyang Military Region The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, which ...

in 2007, and Deputy Political Commissar in 2010. In 2011 he was appointed Political Commissar of the

. Wang Hongyao attained the rank of major general in July 2002 and lieutenant general in July 2009. On 31 July 2013, he was promoted to general ('' shangjiang''), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service. Wang was a member of the

18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

(2012–2017).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Hongyao 1951 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong People from Jining PLA National Defence University alumni Director of the political department of the Shenyang Military Region Deputy political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress