People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
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The People's Liberation Army General Staff Department is the command organ and the headquarters for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). It is under the absolute leadership of the Central Military Commission. Its duties include - PLA Operations Command, Recruitments, Mobilizations, Formation, Trainings and Administration.
It has the following departments
The People's Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters is located in Beijing
and its current commander is Four-star General Chen Bingde
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General Office
It has the following departments
- Combat Operation Command
- Combat Communications
- Military IntelligenceMilitary intelligenceMilitary intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
- MobilizationMobilizationMobilization is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. The word mobilization was first used, in a military context, in order to describe the preparation of the Prussian army during the 1850s and 1860s. Mobilization theories and techniques have continuously changed...
- Electronic WarfareElectronic warfareElectronic warfare refers to any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults via the spectrum. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent the advantage of, and ensure friendly...
- Foreign Relations
- Management
The People's Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters is located in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
and its current commander is Four-star General Chen Bingde
Chen Bingde
Chen Bingde is a general in the People's Liberation Army. He was the Director-General of the General Armaments Department until September 2007. In this position he acted as the head of the space program of China. Currently he is the commanding general of People's Liberation Army General Staff...
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List of Chiefs of Staff
- Xu XiangqianXu XiangqianXu Xiangqian was a Chinese communist military leader.-Biography:Xu was born in Wutai county, Shanxi province, China. He was admitted to the Whampoa Academy in 1924 and held various officer ranks in the National Revolutionary Army between 1925 and 1927...
(徐向前): 1949-1950 - Nie RongzhenNie RongzhenNie Rongzhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and one of ten Marshals in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was the last surviving PLA officer with the rank of Marshal.-Biography:...
(聂荣臻): 1950-1954 - Su YuSu YuSu Yu was a Chinese Communist military leader. He was considered by many to be among the best commanders of the PLA only next to Lin Biao and Liu Bocheng. Su Yu fought in the Sino-Japanese War and in the Chinese Civil War...
(粟裕): 1954-1958 - Huang KechengHuang KechengHuang Kecheng was one of ten senior generals of People's Liberation Army.-Biography:General Huang Kecheng was born in Yongxing, Hunan, China, and he was the third of four children...
(黄克诚): 1958-1959 - Luo RuiqingLuo Ruiqing-Biography:Luo Ruiqing was born in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1906. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1928. He was the eldest son of a wealthy landlord named Luo Chunting , who had a total of six kids...
(罗瑞卿): 1959-1965 - Yang ChengwuYang ChengwuYang Chengwu , alias Yang Nengjun was a general of the People's Republic of China. He was also a Proletarian Revolutionist and a military strategist of the People's Liberation Army....
(杨成武): 1965-1966 - Huang YongshengHuang YongshengHuang Yongsheng was a general of the China's People's Liberation Army.Huang Yongsheng was born in Xianning prefecture of Hubei province....
(黄永胜): 1968-1971 - Deng XiaopingDeng XiaopingDeng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...
(邓小平): 1975-1980 - Yang DezhiYang DezhiYang Dezhi was a senior military officer in the North China Field Army, a veteran of the Korean War and commander in China during the Sino–Vietnamese War or Third Indochina War, a brief but bloody border war fought in 1979 between the China and the Vietnam...
(杨得志): 1980-1987 - Chi HaotianChi HaotianGeneral Chi Haotian is a general of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:Chi was born July, 1929 in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China. In October, 1946 he joined the CPC...
(迟浩田): 1987-1992 - Zhang WannianZhang WannianZhang Wannian was a general of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:General Zhang Wannian was born in Huangxian county , Shandong Province of China in August 1928....
(张万年): 1992-1995 - Fu QuanyouFu QuanyouFu Quanyou is a general of the People's Republic of China.Fu was born in Guo County , Shanxi Province in 1930. He joined the People's Liberation Army in October 1946, and the Communist Party of China in August 1947....
(傅全有): 1995-2002 - Liang GuanglieLiang GuanglieLiang Guanglie is the current Minister for National Defense in the People's Republic of China and serves as a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.-Biography:...
(梁光烈): 2002-2007 - Chen BingdeChen BingdeChen Bingde is a general in the People's Liberation Army. He was the Director-General of the General Armaments Department until September 2007. In this position he acted as the head of the space program of China. Currently he is the commanding general of People's Liberation Army General Staff...
(陈炳德): 2007- incumbent
Structure
Chief of Staff Chen Bingde (since September 2007)- Deputy Chiefs of Staff
- Executive: Ge ZhenfengGe ZhenfengGe Zhenfeng is a general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China.Born in Qingyuan, Hebei Province, Ge joined the PLA in June 1962 and the Communist Party of China in July 1965. In 1984, he became the vice chief of staff of PLA army corps. In 1988, he was promoted to chief...
(November 2002) - Hou Shusen (July 2009)
- Ma XiaotianMa XiaotianMa Xiaotian is a general of the People's Republic of China. He is originally from Gongyi city in Henan province...
(September 2007) - Xu QiliangXu QiliangXu Qiliang is a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, a member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China , and the current commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.Born in Linqu County, Shandong Province, he is the son of Xu...
(April 2007) - Sun Jianguo (September 2000)
- Zhang Li (September 2000)
- Assistant Chiefs of Staff
- Chen Xiaogong (June 2007)
- Chen Yong (July 2009)
- Political Department Director
- Dong Shifu (July 2006)
- Assistant Chiefs of Staff
- Executive: Ge Zhenfeng
General Office