Zheng Xuan (general) - Misplaced Pages

Zheng Xuan (Chinese: 郑璇; born November 1964) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China, currently serving as political commissar of the Northern Theater Command, in office since June 2023.

Biography

Zheng enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1976, at the age of only 12. He successively served in the 14th Army and than the 13th Group Army, where he was elevated to political commissar in 2013. On 20 May 2008, Wenchuan County was hit by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, and he led his troops to participate in the rescue operation. He also led his troops to participate in the rescue operation during the 2011 Yunnan earthquake in Yingjiang County in March 2011 and the 2013 Lushan earthquake in Lushan County in April 2013, respectively.

In January 2017, he succeeded Hou Hehua [zh] as director of the Political Department of the Central Theater Command [zh], serving in that position from 2017 to 2020. He also served as deputy political commissar of the Central Theater Command. In December 2020, he was appointed political commissar of the Northern Theater Command Ground Force, in addition to serving as deputy political commissar of the Northern Theater Command. In June 2023, he was promoted to political commissar of the Northern Theater Command, succeeding Liu Qingsong.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 and general (shangjiang) in June 2023.

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Military offices
Preceded byDiao Guoxin	Political Commissar of the 13th Group Army 2013–2017	Succeeded byPosition revoked
Preceded byHou Hehua [zh]	Director of the Political Department of the Central Theater Command [zh] 2017–2020	Succeeded byChen Guoqiang [zh]
Preceded byShi Xiao [zh]	Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command Ground Force 2020–2023	Succeeded byTBA
Preceded byLiu Qingsong	Political Commissar of the Northern Theater Command 2023–present	Incumbent

Commanders	Liu Yuejun He Weidong Lin Xiangyang
Commissars	Zheng Weiping He Ping Liu Qingsong

Commanders	Wang Jiaocheng Yuan Yubai Wang Xiubin Wu Yanan
Commissars	Wei Liang Wang Jianwu Wang Wenquan

Commanders	Zhao Zongqi Zhang Xudong Xu Qiling Wang Haijiang
Commissars	Zhu Fuxi Wu Shezhou Li Fengbiao

Commanders	Song Puxuan Li Qiaoming Wang Qiang
Commissars	Chu Yimin Fan Xiaojun Liu Qingsong Zheng Xuan

Commanders	Han Weiguo Yi Xiaoguang Lin Xiangyang Wu Yanan Huang Ming
Commissars	Yin Fanglong Zhu Shengling Xu Deqing

v t e Generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China in active service
Ground Force and Strategic Support Force	Zhang Youxia He Weidong Liu Zhenli Xu Qiling Wu Yanan Lin Xiangyang Wang Xiubin Wang Wenquan Wang Haijiang Li Fengbiao Li Qiaoming Huang Ming Xu Deqing Qin Shutong Ju Qiansheng Li Wei Yang Xuejun Zheng He Zheng Xuan Ling Huanxin
Navy*	Dong Jun Miao Hua Yuan Huazhi Liu Qingsong Hu Zhongming
Air Force	Chang Dingqiu Guo Puxiao Xu Xueqiang Wang Qiang
Rocket Force	Zhang Shengmin Xu Xisheng Wang Houbin
Armed Police Force	Wang Chunning Zhang Hongbing
Although navy shang jiang* is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese.