The meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China decided to appoint the former Navy CommanderMember Dong Jun is the new minister of the Ministry of Defense and replaced Li Shangfu, who was removed from his office in October this year.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the seventh session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress closed on Friday (December 29) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.The meeting decided to appoint Dong Jun as the Minister of Defense.
Li Shangfu, the former Minister of Defense in China, was removed from office in October this year, and the position of defense has been hanging.
Public information shows that 62 -year -old Dong Jun is from Yantai, Shandong. He has served as the Minister of Military Training Department of the Navy Command, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Beihai Fleet, and commander of the Navy's 92269 unit.
In July 2012, Dong Jun was promoted to the rank of major general and served as deputy commander of the East China Sea fleet the following year; at the end of 2014, he was transferred to the deputy chief of staff of the Navy.In January 2017, Dong Jun was the leader of the army stationed in Guangdong, and two months later he was promoted to deputy commander of the Southern theater; in July 2018, he was promoted.In August 2021, Dong Jun was promoted to the navy commander and promoted his general in the same year.
The CPC Central Military Commission held a general promotion ceremony this Monday (December 25).Army, take over the Chinese Navy.Dong Jun also participated in the promotion ceremony on Monday and sat in the first row of the podium.
In addition, the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress also decided on Friday to avoid Tang Dengjie's Minister of Civil Affairs and appoint Lu Zhiyuan as the Minister of the Civil Affairs; exempt Hu Heping's Minister of Culture and Tourism, and appoint Sun Yeli as a culture.And the Minister of Tourism.
