Reshuffle announced among army top brass in the Guangzhou regional command
Latest changes among dozens of fresh appointments in the PLA around China which analysts suggest come in the wake of the government’s sweeping crackdown on graft in the military
More changes have been announced as part of the huge reshuffle of personnel in China’s military.
The latest appointments have been made in the Guangzhou Military Command, the state-run Guangzhou Daily said.
Analysts have suggested that the dozens of changes in the PLA in recent weeks come in the wake of President Xi Jinping’s massive crackdown on corruption in the military.
The former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xu Caihou, was stripped of his post last year after it was announced that he was under investigation for alleged graft.
Lieutenant General Jia Xiaowei, former chief of staff in the Guangzhou command, has been promoted to become the region’s deputy commander,
Major General Liu Xiaowu will take over Jia’s former position, the report said.
The Guangzhou Military Command oversees five provinces, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei and Hainan, plus the Guangxi region.
Jia, 61, joined the army when he was 16.
He fought during the war with Vietnam in 1979, making him one of the few serving generals in the PLA with combat experience.
Another general to be promoted who served in the war against Vietnam is Gai Longyun.
Gai, 56, has been appointed head of the Guangzhou Military Command’s joint logistics office.
The PLA has set up logistics departments in its seven regional commands around the country since 2000 to take care of issues including troops' food, shelter, uniforms and transportation.
Meanwhile, the former deputy political commissar in the Hong Kong garrison Major General Zhang Zhimeng, has taken up the same role in Macau.
He replaces Major General Ma Biqiang who has been appointed political commissar covering Hunan province for the military.
