Huang Ming (military officer)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.

Huang Ming
黄铭
Commander of the Central Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2023
Preceded by	Wu Yanan
Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
In office September 2021 – January 2023
Preceded by	Liu Zhenli
Succeeded by	TBA
Commander of the 81st Group Army
In office March 2017 – June 2019
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Wu Aimin
Commander of the 75th Group Army
In office July 2016 – March 2017
Preceded by	Li Qiaoming
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army
In office 2013–2016
Preceded by	Zhang Xuefeng
Succeeded by	Ding Laifu
Personal details
Born	April 1963 (age 61) Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1980–present
Rank	General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃銘
Simplified Chinese	黄铭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Míng

Huang Ming (Chinese: 黄铭; born April 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as commander of the Central Theater Command since January 2023. He previously served as chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from September 2021 to January 2023, and formerly served as commander of the 81st Group Army.

Huang is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.^[citation needed]

Biography

Huang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1980, after high school. He served as chief of staff of the 78th Group Army before serving as commander of the 75th Group Army. In March 2017 he was appointed commander of the 81st Group Army,[1] and held that office until June 2019, when he was promoted to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.[3] and general (shangjiang) in January 2023.[4]

References

1. Wang Jun (王俊) (19 July 2017). 原第41集团军军长黄铭少将已调任新组建的第81集团军军长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. 第81集团军军长黄铭已任陆军副司令 曾参加93阅兵. sina (in Chinese). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. Song Guoqing (宋国庆); Li Xiaojing (李晓婧) (11 December 2019). 刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. "China names new chief of PLA theatre command that guards Beijing". SCMP. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

Military offices
Preceded by Zhang Xuefeng (张学锋)	Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army 2013–2016	Succeeded by Ding Laifu (丁来富)
Preceded by Li Qiaoming	Commander of the 75th Group Army 2016–2017	Succeeded by Position abolished
New title	Commander of the 81st Group Army 2017–2019	Succeeded by Wu Aimin (吴爱民)
Preceded by Liu Zhenli	Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2021–2023	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Wu Yanan	Commander of the Central Theatre Command 2023–present	Incumbent