Wang Qiang (; born 1963) is an air force

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of the

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(PLA) who currently serves as the commander of the

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. Wang was promoted to

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in July 2014 and to

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in June 2019.

Biography

Wang was born in Rong County,

Zigong Zigong (, ), formed by the merger of the two former towns of Ziliujing (Tzuliuching, literally "self-flow well") and Gongjing (Kungching, literally "offering well"), is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, southwestern China. Demographics Accord ...

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 ...

province in 1963. He served as commander of the 12th Division of the Air Force of

Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commander ...

before serving as its deputy chief of staff in July 2013. In January 2016, he was commissioned in the

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where he was assigned as deputy chief of staff and chief of staff of its Air Force. In July 2018, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Western Theater Command and concurrently serves as commander of its Air Force since April 2020. In September 2022, he was promoted to commander of the

, replacing Li Qiaoming. He was promoted to the rank of

('' shaojiang'') in July 2014,

('' zhongjiang'') in June 2019, and

('' shangjiang'') in September 2022. Wang was a full member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Qiang 1963 births Living people People from Rong County, Sichuan People's Liberation Army generals from Sichuan