Cao Junzhang

Cao Junzhang
曹均章
Acting Commander of the People's Armed Police
Assumed office
July 2025
Preceded byWang Chunning
Personal details
Born1965 (age 59–60)
Chongqing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
OccupationMilitary officer
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force (?–2023)
People's Armed Police (2025–present)
Years of service?-present
Rank Armed Police Lieutenant General
UnitChengdu Military Region

13th Group Army 76th Group Army Joint Logistics Support Force

People's Armed Police

Cao Junzhang (Chinese: 曹均章; born 1965) is a lieutenant general of the People's Armed Police and is currently serving as it's acting commander replacing General Wang Chunning.

Biography

Cao Junzhang has served in the Chengdu Military Region, having hold the posts of director of the Operations Department of the Chengdu Military Region Command, division commander of the 13th Group Army, and chief of staff of the Sichuan Provincial Military Region.[1] After the 2015 military reforms he was to become the deputy commander of the 13th Army.[2] In 2017 he was reassigned to the deputy commander of the 76th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army.[3] In April 2020, he was appointed deputy commander of the Joint Logistics Support Force.[4] In March 2023, Cao Junzhang was reappointed to the position of the deputy commander of the Armed Police Force.[5] In 2025 it was announced that he was replacing General Wang Chunning, becoming the acting commander of the Armed Police Force.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "人事观察|接替62岁王春宁 曹均章出任武警部队代理司令员". china.caixin.com. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  2. ^ "曹均章少将出任陆军第13集团军副军长_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  3. ^ "新军级单位组建 解放军76集团军首获官方披露". news.ifeng.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  4. ^ sina_mobile (2020-06-06). "曾"脱下孝服换上军装"的将军,已任新职". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  5. ^ 腾讯网 (2023-06-16). "将军履新!他已任武警部队副司令员_腾讯新闻". news.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-08-11.