Rocket Army Commander Wang Houbin and Political Member Xu Xisheng were promoted to Gen

The CPC Central Military Commission was promoted to the general rank ceremony on Monday (July 31) in Beijing Bayi Building. Wang Houbin, commander of the Rocket Army, and Xu Xisheng, a political member Xu Xisheng.The news indirectly confirmed that the Hong Kong media reported that Li Yuchao, commander of the Rocket Army, had been taken away by investigators of the CPC Central Military Commission's anti -corruption agency.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the above ceremony was held at 10 am on Monday, and the Chinese official chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the promotion ceremony.Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, read out the ranking of generals signed by China's official promotion.He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over the promotion ceremony.

Chinese officials promoted the two officers of General Rockets, Wang Houbin, commander of the general rank of General, and Xu Xisheng, a political commissar Xu Xisheng, to congratulate.After the ceremony, Chinese officials and other leaders took a group photo with officers who promoted the rank of general.Li Shangfu, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin, members of the Central Military Commission attended the promotion ceremony.

According to Caixin.com, Beijing Youth Daily, etc., this is the third promotion ceremony of generals held by the Central Military Commission this year.At the promotion ceremony, Wang Houbin and Xu Xisheng appeared for the first time as the Rocket Army Commander and the Political Commissar.Wang Houbin had previously served as deputy commander of the Navy, and Xu Xisheng had previously served as the deputy political commissar of the southern theater and the Southern Theater Air Military Political Commissar.Both of them were new for cross -army arms.

This also means that Li Yuchao and Xu Zhongbo, who are also generals, stepped down as commanders and political members of the Rocket Army respectively.The two were promoted to generals in January and July 2020, respectively.

Resume shows that Wang Houbin has been serving in the Navy for a long time. He was the deputy chief of staff of the East China Sea fleet and deputy commander of Zhoushan base, chief of staff of the South China Sea Fleet, deputy chief of staff of the Navy, and Standing Committee of the Navy Party Committee.In 2019, Wang Houbin was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Data show that Xu Xisheng has been responsible for political work in the Air Force system for a long time. He has served as the Political Commissar of the Air Force Fuzhou Command, former director of the Political Work Department of the Beijing Military Region, and director of the Political Work Department of the Central Theater Air Force.In 2018, Xu Xisheng was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

The Hong Kong South China Morning Post Friday (July 28) quoted people familiar with the matter report that Li Yuchao, commander of the Rocket Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Liu Guangbin, deputy commander, and former deputy commander Zhang Zhenzhong, have been taken away by investigators of the CPC Central Military Commission's anti -corruption institutions.Essence

The Chinese Rocket Army forces have recently reported that the senior generals were investigated by corruption, and the official party committee of Chinese officials asked the senior party committees of the army to continue to advance the rotten and anti -corruption to improve the ability of leaders to prepare for war.