Rong Guiqing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Rong.

Rong Guiqing
戎贵卿
Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2016
Preceded by	New title
Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2016
Leader	Zhao Zongqi Zhang Xudong
Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region
In office December 2014 – December 2015
Preceded by	Zhou Xiaozhou
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Personal details
Born	May 1958 (age 66) Weishi County, Henan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank	Lieutenant general

Rong Guiqing (simplified Chinese: 戎贵卿; traditional Chinese: 戎貴卿; pinyin: Róng Guìqīng; born May 1958) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He has been Deputy Commander of the PLA Ground Force since December 2015, and previously served as Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region and Commander of the 54th Group Army.

Biography

Rong was born in Weishi County, Henan Province. He is a graduate of the PLA National Defence University. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.^[citation needed]

In July 2008, he was promoted to the rank of major general. In 2009 he became Commander of the 54th Group Army of the Jinan Military Region, a position he held until December 2014, when he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region and served as Chief of Staff, replacing Zhou Xiaozhou.[1][2] In December 2015, he was promoted again to become Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[3] In January 2016, he was appointed deputy commander and chief of staff of the newly established Western Theater Command.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016.

He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.[5]

References

1. Lin Yunshi and Luo Guoping (2015-01-08). "PLA Sees Major Shake-up of Political Officers in Recent Weeks". Caixin.
2. 成都军区原参谋长周小周转任副司令员，戎贵卿跨大军区接棒. The Paper (in Chinese). 2015-01-04.
3. 陆军首任领导班子11名将军亮相(名单). Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 2016-01-03.
4. Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (7 March 2016). 戎贵卿出任西部战区副司令员兼参谋长，曾任“铁军”军长. The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
5. 中华人民共和国第十二届全国人民代表大会代表名单. 163.COM (in Chinese). 2013-02-27.

Military offices
Preceded by Song Puxuan	Commander of the 54th Group Army 2009–2014	Succeeded by Shi Zhenglu
Preceded by Zhou Xiaozhou (周小周)	Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region 2014–2015	Succeeded by Position revoked
New title	Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command 2016–	Incumbent