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List of generals of China

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This is a list of marshals and full generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China, including all branches of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police.

Marshals

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Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Marshal (yuan shuai) in 1955.[1] The rank was never awarded again.

Army Generals

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Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Army General/Fleet Admiral (da jiang) in 1955.[2] The rank was never awarded again.

Senior generals (shang Jiang, 1955)[3]

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Generals (14 September 1988)

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Since 1988, the People's Liberation Army rank of shang jiang (上将: literally, "senior general") is translated as General.

Generals (7 June 1993)

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Generals (8 June 1994)

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Generals (23 January 1996)

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Generals (27 March 1998)

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Generals (29 September 1999)

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Generals (21 June 2000)

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Generals (2 June 2002)

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Generals (20 June 2004)

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Generals (25 September 2004)[4]

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Generals (24 June 2006)[5]

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Generals (6 July 2007)[6]

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Generals (2 November 2007)[7]

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Generals (15 July 2008)[8]

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Generals (20 July 2009)[9]

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Generals (19 July 2010)[10]

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Generals (23 July 2011)[11]

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Generals (30 July 2012)[12]

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Generals (23 November 2012)[13]

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On 31 July 2013, 6 officers were promoted to general:[14]

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On 11 July 2014, 4 officers were promoted to general:[15]

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On 31 July 2015, 10 officers were promoted to general:[16]

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On 29 July 2016, 2 officers were promoted to general:

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On 28 July 2017, 5 officers were promoted to general:[17]

On 2 November 2017, one officer was promoted to general:[18]

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On 31 July 2019, 10 officers were promoted to general:[19]

On 12 December 2019, 7 officers were promoted to general:[20]

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On 29 July 2020, one officer was promoted to general:[21]

On 18 December 2020, 4 officers were promoted to general:[22]

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On 5 July 2021, 4 officers were promoted to general:[23]

On 6 September 2021, 5 officers were promoted to general:[24]

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On 21 January 2022, 7 officers were promoted to general:[25]

On 8 September 2022, 1 officer were promoted to general:[26]

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On 18 January 2023, 1 officer were promoted to general:[27]

On 28 June 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[28]

On 31 July 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[29]

On 25 December 2023, 2 officers were promoted to general:[30]

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On 28 March 2024, 2 officers were promoted to general:[31]

On 9 July 2024, 1 officer were promoted to general:[32]

References

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  1. ^ Marshals PRC Ministry of Defense
  2. ^ Army Generals PRC Ministry of Defense
  3. ^ Generals eng.mod.gov.cn
  4. ^ Promotions to help Hu build armed forces base telegraphindia.com
  5. ^ China confers rank of general to 10 officers english.gov.cn
  6. ^ Xu Qiliang ,Sun Dafa and Wu Shengli promoted to General Archived 28 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine news.163.com
  7. ^ Head of PLA general armaments department promoted general news.xinhuanet.com
  8. ^ (in Chinese)Liu Zhenqi, Huang Xianzhong and Fan Changlong Promoted to General chinanews.com
  9. ^ (in Chinese)Ma Xiaotian,Liu Yuan and Zhang Haiyang promoted to General Archived 28 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine news.163.com
  10. ^ (in Chinese)Hu Jintao promotes PLA Generals news.xinhuanet.com
  11. ^ China promotes 6 generals, bringing total to 191 news.xinhuanet.com
  12. ^ China promotes 6 officers to general news.xinhuanet.com
  13. ^ Xi Jinping promotes PLA general chinadaily.com.cn
  14. ^ "China promotes 6 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
  15. ^ "China promotes 4 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  16. ^ "China promotes 10 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015.
  17. ^ "China promotes 5 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018.
  18. ^ "China promotes military anti-graft chief to general". Xinhua News Agency. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018.
  19. ^ "10 Chinese officers promoted to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019.
  20. ^ "7 Chinese military officers promoted to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Xi Focus: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers". Xinhua News Agency. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Xi promotes four military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 5 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Xi presents orders to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 6 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 21 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 8 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Xi presents certificate of order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 18 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 June 2023.
  29. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2023.
  30. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 25 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 March 2024.
  32. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 9 July 2024.