Wu Changde (; born 1952) 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 deputy director of the

Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission The Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission () is the chief political organ under the Central Military Commission. It was created in January 2016 following the 2015 People's Republic of China military reform. Its predec ...

from 2011 to 2017.

Biography

Wu Changde was born in 1952 in

Dayu County Dayu () is a county in the west of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou, in the southwest of Jiangxi Province, bordering Guangdong Province to the south. It is known for The Capital of Tungsten. Statistics Dayu has an area of . Total population i ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

. He joined the

(PLA) in December 1970 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 1972. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy of

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

. Wu was appointed deputy director of the political department of the

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai ...

from July 2003, and director of the political department 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 ...

from June 2007. In July 2011, he became a deputy director of Political Work Department . Wu Changde attained the rank of major general in 1997 and lieutenant general in 2008. On 31 July 2013, he was promoted to general ('' shangjiang''), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service. Wu 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:Wu, Changde 1952 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangxi People from Ganzhou Fudan University alumni Directors of the Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region Deputy chiefs of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference