South Air Force Chief of Staff Zheng Yuanlin was promoted to deputy commander of the A

The information on the adjustment of the leadership of the various services of the PLA is gradually disclosed.

The Paper recently learned from authoritative channels that Major General Zheng Yuanlin, formerly the chief of staff of the Southern Theater Air Force, has assumed the new post of member of the Standing Committee of the Air Force Party Committee and deputy commander, officially becoming a deputy theater-level officer.

According to public information, Zheng Yuanlin served as assistant to the chief of staff of the Air Force, the former chief of staff of the Air Force of the Chengdu Military Region, and the former chief of staff of the Air Force of the Guangzhou Military Region.In 2016, the Southern Theater Air Force was established during the deepening of national defense and military reforms, and Zheng Yuanlin served as the chief of staff of the newly adjusted Southern Theater Air Force.

The Paper reporter noticed that as late as November 2018, Zheng Yuanlin was still serving in the Air Force of the Southern Theater Command.

In November 2018, Shenzhen launched a pilot project for drone flight management.According to the implementation plan for the pilot work of UAV flight management in Shenzhen released at that time, the pilot work was led by the Air Force Staff Department of the Southern Theater Command, and Zheng Yuanlin, Chief of Staff of the Air Force of the Southern Theater Command, served as the leader of the pilot work leading group.

According to recent official disclosures, a number of major general officers have taken up positions at the Air Force deputy theater level.

For example, Air Force Major General Zhou Li, former commander of the Henan Provincial Military Region, has been promoted to commander of the Southern Theater Air Force; Major General Jiang Ping, deputy director of the Air Force Political Work Department, has been promoted to political commissar of the Western Theater Air Force; Yuan Huazhi, the first political commissar of the Marine Corps, has been promoted across services to political commissar of the Eastern Theater Air Force.