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Three political officers have been promoted to serve in the Lanzhou Military Area Command, according to a mainland media report, the latest personnel changes in a major reshuffle within the People’s Liberation Army.
Lieutenant General Liu Lei, the former military political commissar in Xinjiang, has taken up the same role in the higher Lanzhou regional command, the news service Caixin reported.
It cited a report in the People’s Army, the Lanzhou command’s official newspaper.
Lanzhou command oversees the restive Xinjiang region, as well as the neighbouring northwestern provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Qinghai, and the Ningxia region.
Liu replaces Lieutenant General Miao Hua. He has become political commissar in the PLA Navy.
Liu, 57, who originally comes from eastern Shandong province, joined the army when he was 16.
He has spent more than 40 years serving in the northeast of China, including Lanzhou, Xinjiang and southern Xinjiang.
The former military area political commissar in Yunnan province in the southwest, Shi Xiao, 57; and Kang Chunyuan, 56, ex-deputy director of the political department in the Beijing Military Area Command, have been promoted to vice political commissars in the Lanzhou Command.
Meanwhile, Major General Zhou Yaning, 57, was promoted to vice commander of the Second Artillery Corps, known as the strategic missile force.
Dozens of top military officers have switched jobs in recent weeks as part of the reshuffle in China’s military.
Analysts say the changes in personnel come in the wake of President Xi Jinping’s campaign to crackdown on corruption in the PLA.
The former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xu Caihou, is to face bribery charges after he was formally stripped off all his titles last year.


Political commissars promoted to serve in Xinjiang in PLA reshuffle

Major General Zhou Yaning, left, who has been promoted in the strategic missile force, and Lieutenant General Liu Lei, now military political commissar in the Lanzhou regional command. Photos: SCMP Pictures

Deputy chiefs named in China's latest power reshuffle in government and military

Wang Xiaotao, who was deputy secretary general of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), was promoted to deputy director of the commission.

PLA reshuffle strengthens Xi Jinping's hand in corruption fight

Zhang Youxia (left) and Liu Yuan both stand a good chance for the promotion.

Ex-army leader Xu Caihou had 'a tonne of cash' in basement

Military prosecutors have said that Xu Caihou had confessed to taking massive bribes in exchange for help in promotions. Photo: Reuters

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Officers to take up roles in China’s northwestern regional command, according to a mainland media report, the latest of dozens of personnel changes in the military


Three political officers have been promoted to serve in the Lanzhou Military Area Command, according to a mainland media report, the latest personnel changes in a major reshuffle within the People’s Liberation Army.


Political commissars promoted to serve in Xinjiang in PLA reshuffle

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Officers to take up roles in China’s northwestern regional command, according to a mainland media report, the latest of dozens of personnel changes in the military

Officers to take up roles in China’s northwestern regional command, according to a mainland media report, the latest of dozens of personnel changes in the military