Hong Jiangqiang

Hong Jiangqiang
洪江强
Chief of Staff of the Eastern Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 2021
CommanderLin Xiangyang
Preceded byWang Xiubin
Personal details
BornFebruary 1965 (age 60)
Longhai, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1981–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit31st Group Army

79th Group Army 74th Group Army

Eastern Theater Command
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese洪江强
Traditional Chinese洪江強
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóngjiāng Jiàng

Hong Jiangqiang (Chinese: 洪江强; born February 1965) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He currently serves as the Chief of Staff of the Eastern Theater Command and is in office since August 2021.

Biography

Hong Jiangqiang is born in Meishi, Longhai Gangwei in February 1965. In 1981 with 16, he was admitted to the military academy and began his military career.[1] In 1984, he participated in the National Day military parade and was reviewed by the then paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.[2] Hong served long time in the 31st Group Army, being the head of logistics of the group army before becoming the chief of staff of the 31st group army in 2015.[3] In early september the same year he participated in the 2015 China Victory Day Parade, commemorating the victory against japanese aggression, he led the heroic model unit of the "Night Attack on Yangmingbao Combat Model Company" together with major general Lin Xianyang.[4] In March 2017 he got reassigned to the post of deputy commander of the newly formed 79th Group Army.[5] In July 2018, he was promoted to the commander of the 74th Group Army, exactly the same month and year he served as chief referee of the "Clear Sky" air defense missile force competition in the International Military Competition-2018.[6] In August 2021, he was promoted to deputy commander and chief of staff of Eastern Theater Command.[7]

In 2015, he was promoted to the rank of major general,[8] and in August 2021, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.[9]

References

  1. ^ "漳州籍少将洪江强亮相阅兵 接受祖国检阅_漳州新闻_福建_新闻中心_台海网". www.taihainet.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  2. ^ "原31集团军副军长洪江强出任新组建的79集团军副军长". www.guancha.cn. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  3. ^ "31集团军领导班子调整：政治部主任王安龙上调军委总部_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  4. ^ "龙海籍少将洪江强再参加阅兵 系31集团军副军长_大闽网_腾讯网". fj.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  5. ^ "原31集团军副军长洪江强出任新组建的79集团军副军长". www.guancha.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  6. ^ sina_mobile (2018-08-31). "这名少将晋升正军级 曾时隔31年两次参加大阅兵". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  7. ^ "[军事报道]全军学习贯彻党的十九届六中全会精神宣讲团走进东部战区开展专题宣讲". tv.cctv.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  8. ^ "31集团军领导班子调整：政治部主任王安龙上调军委总部_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  9. ^ "[军事报道]全军学习贯彻党的十九届六中全会精神宣讲团走进东部战区开展专题宣讲". tv.cctv.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
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