Li Qiaoming (; born April 1961) is a

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

of the Chinese

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

(PLA), currently serving as commander of the

PLA Ground Force The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF), also referred to as the PLA Army, is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and also its largest and oldest branch. The PLAGF can trace its lineage from 1927 as ...

. He served as commander of the

Northern Theater Command The Northern Theater Command () is one of the five Theater command (China), theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region, Jinan Military Region and Beijing Militar ...

from September 2017 to September 2022.

Biography

Li Qiaoming was born in April 1961 in

Yanshi Yanshi District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang. History After the Zhou conquest of Shang in mid-11t ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

Province and enlisted in the

(PLA) in 1976. He successively served as Chief of Staff of the 361st Regiment, Commander of the 364th Regiment, Chief of Staff of the 124th Division, Deputy Chief of Staff of the

42nd Group Army The 74th Group Army (), Unit 31661, formerly the 42nd Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 74th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ...

, and Commander of the 124th Division of the 42nd Army. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the 41st Group Army in January 2010, (In July 2011 he was awarded the rank of major general) and promoted to Commander of the 41st Army in September 2013. In 2013 he wrote an article about soviet army "nonparty tragedy". In February 2016, he became Commander of the

Ground Force, and awarded the rank of

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

a few months later. In September 2017, he was promoted again to Commander of the Northern Theater Command, succeeding General

Song Puxuan Song Puxuan (; born March 1954) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as director of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, he served as command ...

, who had been appointed Director of the

Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission The Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission () is a first-level functional department of Theater Deputy grade under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China. It was founded on January 11, 2016, u ...

. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the

19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Commun ...

. In December 2019, he was promoted to the rank of general. In December 2022, Li was commissioned as commander of the

References

1961 births Living people People from Yanshi People's Liberation Army generals from Henan Commanders of Northern Theater Command Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Luoyang People's Republic of China politicians from Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Chinese military personnel of the Sino-Vietnamese War Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress {{China-mil-bio-stub