Zhan Houshun () is a lieutenant general (''

zhong jiang (; ja, 将, Shō; ) is the rank held by general officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police use ...

'') of the

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the Peo ...

(PLAAF) of China. He has served as commander of the

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 ...

Air Force and deputy commander of the Chengdu MR since 2013. Zhan Houshun was born in

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

Province. He served as commander of the PLAAF Changchun Forward Headquarters 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 ...

, and was later transferred to the

Air Force (MRAF), where he served as chief of staff and deputy commander. In early 2013, he was promoted to commander of the Chengdu MRAF as well as deputy commander of the Chengdu MR, replacing Lieutenant General Fang Dianrong. Zhan attained the rank of lieutenant general on 16 July 2014. In May 2014, Zhan Houshun oversaw the three-week-long joint Sino-Pakistani

Shaheen-III The Shaheen-III (Urdu: ; lit. ''White Falcon-III'') is a Pakistani land-based surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile, which was test fired for the first time by military service on 9 March 2015. Development began in secrecy in the ear ...

Air Exercise.

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