Wang Jiasheng (; born January 1955) is a retired

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('' Shangjiang'') of the

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(PLA) of China. He was Political Commissar of the

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(previously known as the Second Artillery Force) from 2014 to 2020. He is now vice chairperson of the

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Biography

Wang was born in January 1955 in

Liaoyang Liaoyang () is a prefecture-level city of east-central Liaoning province, China, situated on the Taizi River. It is approximately one hour south of Shenyang, the provincial capital, by car. Liaoyang is home to Liaoning University's College of F ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...

. He studied at the

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a national public research university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Founded in 1953 as the People's Liberation Army Military Academy of Engineering, the institution is directly affilia ...

. He formerly served as a political officer in the PLA General Armaments Department (GAD), where he held posts including deputy director and director of the Political Department, and deputy political commissar. In December 2014, he was appointed political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Force, replacing General Zhang Haiyang, who had retired. Wang Jiasheng was made a member of the

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in November 2012, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in August 2013. On July 28, 2017, Wang was promoted to the rank of general. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the

19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Jiasheng 1955 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Liaoning Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People from Liaoyang