Zhao Zhongxin

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Zhao Zhongxin
赵忠新
Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force
In office
2007–2012
Commander Xu Qiliang
Chief of Staff of the PLA Air Force
In office
2005–2007
Preceded by He Weirong
Succeeded by Yang Guohai
Personal details
Born September 1949 (age 68)
Jiaxiang, Shandong, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service ? – 2012
Rank PLALtGeneral r.png Lieutenant General

Zhao Zhongxin (Chinese :赵忠新; born September 1949) is a retired lieutenant general ( zhong jiang ) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He served as Chief of Staff and then Deputy Commander of the PLAAF.

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Biography

Zhao Zhongxin was born in September 1949 in Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province. [1]

Jiaxiang County County in Shandong, Peoples Republic of China

Jiaxiang County is a county in the southwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Jining City.

Shandong Province

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He served as deputy regimental commander of the 57th Regiment of the PLAAF 19th Fighter Division, and then division commander. [1] He was commander of the Dalian Air Base (2000), and then chief of staff for Chengdu Military Region AF (October 2002) and Nanjing Military Region Air Force (July 2003). He became deputy chief of staff of the PLAAF in 2004 and chief of staff of the PLAAF in 2005. He was appointed Deputy Commander of the PLAAF in 2007. Yang Guohai succeeded him as chief of staff. As one of several PLAAF deputy commanders, Zhao was in charge of headquarters affairs and air force military region affairs. [2]

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Nanjing Military Region Former military region of China

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Yang Guohai is a retired lieutenant general of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), who served as Chief of Staff of the PLAAF from 2007 to 2013.

Zhao attained the rank of major general in 2000, and lieutenant general in July 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zhao Zhongxin" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 5 June 2015.
  2. ↑ You Ji (2012). "Meeting the Challenge of the Upcoming PLAAF Leadership Reshuffle". The Chinese Air Force: Evolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities (PDF). National Defense University Press. p. 219. ISBN   978-0-16-091386-0.

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