Wang Jianmin (; November 1942 – 28 September 2021) was a full general ('' shangjiang'') 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, ...

(PLA) of China. He joined the PLA in June 1962, and the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

in September 1963.

Career

Wang was born in Luannan County,

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, in November 1942. * 1973, Operations office director and assistant section chief, operations section, operations department,

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 ...

. * 1983, Assistant Department Chief, Operations Department. * 1985, Division Commander. * 1987, Department Chief, Operations Department,

Command. * 1989, Studied at the

PLA National Defense 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 milita ...

. * 1993, Deputy Commander, 23rd Group Army. * 1995, Commander, 23rd Group Army. Commander, 39th Group Army. * 1997, Candidate member, 15th

National People's Congress The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. With 2, ...

. * 1999, Chief of Staff,

. * 2000, Deputy Commander,

. * 2002, Commander,

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 ...

. He was a 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. ...

. He attained the rank of major general in July 1994, lieutenant general in 2000, and full general on June 24, 2006. On 28 September 2021, he died from an illness in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, aged 78.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Jianmin 1942 births 2021 deaths People from Tangshan People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party PLA National Defence University alumni Commanders of the Chengdu Military Region