Li Wei (born 1960)

Li Wei (Chinese: 李伟; born September 1960) is a general (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China and the current political commissar of People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force.[1] He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2008, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016,[2] and general (Shangjiang) in December 2020.[3]

Li Wei
李伟
Political Commissar of People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2020
Preceded by	Zheng Weiping
Personal details
Born	September 1960 (age 60) Jiyuan, Henan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Occupation	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Years of service	?-present
Rank	General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李偉
Simplified Chinese	李伟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Wěi

Biography

Li was born in Jiyuan, Henan, in September 1960. He served in Lanzhou Military Region for a long time. He was director of Political Department of the 47th Group Army in July 2007 and its deputy political commissar in 2010. In October 2010, he succeeded Lin Miaoxin as political commissar of Nanjiang Military District. In September 2013, he became political commissar of the 76th Group Army, concurrently holding the political commissar position of Xinjiang Military District in December 2014. In He became a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee in July 2015 and again in 2018.[4] In December 2020, he was appointed political commissar of People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force, replacing Zheng Weiping.

References

1. "Xi Focus: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers". xinhuanet.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
2. Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (3 August 2016). 陆军举行将官晋衔仪式，8人晋升中将、32人晋升少将. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. Li Xuanliang (李宣良) (18 December 2020). 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. Yi Yi (伊一) (29 July 2015). 官方消息确认新疆军区政委李伟任自治区党委常委. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 December 2020.