PLA anti-graft chief Zhang Shengmin promoted to vice-chair of Central Military Commission
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The notice of the major reshuffle announced the promotion of Zhang Shengmin, 67, who is secretary of the CMC’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, overseeing anti-corruption efforts within China’s armed forces.
He served in a group army in the northwestern province of Shaanxi for many years.
From 2004 to 2015, he worked within China’s nuclear forces, the Second Artillery Corps – the former name of the Rocket Force. In his last year there, he was director of its political department, a key position overseeing ideological and personnel affairs.
Subsequently, he worked in the CMC’s Training and Administration Department and Logistics Support Department until being promoted in 2017 to a seat on the CMC.