Zhang Lihong

Zhang Lihong (Chinese: 张黎鸿; born May 1963) is a retired Chinese military officer with the rank of major general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He previously served as Commander of the Jiangsu Provincial Military District and was a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Zhang was born in Yongchuan, Chongqing, in May 1963. He joined the People's Liberation Army in November 1980 and holds a postgraduate degree. Over the course of his military career, he held various positions including soldier, cadet, platoon leader, staff officer, company commander, section chief, deputy division head, and division head. He later served as Director of the Mobilization Department of the Lanzhou Military Region.^[2] In November 2004, Zhang was appointed commander of an artillery brigade under a group army of the PLA Ground Forces. In July 2015, he became Chief of Staff of the Shaanxi Provincial Military District, and in April 2017, he was promoted to Deputy Commander of the same district.^[3]

In January 2020, Zhang was appointed Commander of the Jiangsu Provincial Military District. The following month, in February 2020, he was named a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[4] He left the Standing Committee in November 2021.^[5]