Yu Zhongfu (; born July 1956) is a general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Having served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, he was appointed Political Commissar of the PLAAF in July 2015. He was replaced by general Guo Puxiao in January 2022.

Biography

Yu Zhongfu was born in July 1956 in Laiyang,

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province. He joined 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, ...

in 1974, initially serving in the

Wuhan Military Region Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city and ...

. He is a graduate of Central China Normal University and the Central Party School, and holds a master's degree. Yu has served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, and successively held the positions of political commissar of the 19th and then 24th Air Force divisions, and 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 ...

. When

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...

was in charge of

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 ...

as the municipality's Communist Party secretary in 2007, Yu served as political commissar of the Air Force Shanghai Command. He then worked as director of the political department of the

Lanzhou Military Region The Lanzhou Military Region was one of seven military regions in the People's Republic of China. It directed all People's Liberation Army and People's Armed Police forces in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Ngari Prefecture in n ...

Air Force, and deputy director of the political department of the PLAAF. After Xi Jinping became the

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader o ...

, the top leader of China in 2012, Yu Zhongfu changed his leadership positions three times within three years. In November 2012, he was appointed political commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force as well as deputy political commissar of the Jinan MR. In July 2014, he became political commissar of the

Air Force and deputy political commissar of the Nanjing MR, succeeding Lieutenant General

Song Kun A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at melody, distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various song form, forms, such as those includ ...

, who had been promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLAAF. Yu attained the rank of 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 ...

'') soon afterwards. In July 2015, Yu replaced the retiring general

Tian Xiusi Tian Xiusi (; born February 1950) is a retired Chinese general who served as Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Previously, he was a standing committee member of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang committee and the ...

as the 13th political commissar of the PLA Air Force, and became the superior of his predecessor Song Kun. On July 28, 2017, he was promoted to the rank of General.

Personal

Yu Zhongfu is also a writer and calligrapher. Several of his articles have won military research awards, and he has been called the "calligrapher of the armed forces".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Zhongfu 1956 births Living people People's Liberation Army generals from Shandong Politicians from Yantai Central China Normal University alumni People's Liberation Army Air Force generals Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Chinese military writers Writers from Yantai People's Republic of China calligraphers Artists from Yantai