Zheng Weiping

Zheng Weiping (simplified Chinese: 郑卫平; traditional Chinese: 鄭衛平; pinyin: Zhèng Wèipíng; born 1955) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He was Political Commissar of the Strategic Support Force between 2017 and 2020. He previously served as Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region (2012–2016) and Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command (2016–2017).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Weiping
郑卫平
Political Commissar of the Strategic Support Force
In office
September 2017 – December 2020
Preceded byLiu Fulian
Succeeded byLi Wei
Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command
In office
February 2016 – September 2017
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded byHe Ping
Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region
In office
October 2012 – January 2016
Preceded byChen Guoling
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born1955 (age 65–66)
Wanrong County, Shanxi
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service PLA Rocket Force
PLA Strategic Support Force
Years of service?−present
Rank General

Biography

Zheng was born in Wanrong County, Shanxi province. He served at one point as secretary to General Li Jinai. In 2003 he began a stint overseeing political education at the National Defence University. In 2005 he became political commissar of the 41st Group Army. In 2007, he became the head of the political department of the Guangzhou Military Region.[1] In October 2012 he was appointed political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region. On 31 July 2015, Zheng was promoted to general (shang jiang), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service.[2]

In 2016 Zheng became the inaugural political commissar of the newly established Eastern Theater Command. In September 2017 he was appointed political commissar of the Strategic Support Force, replacing Genenral Liu Fulian. He Ping succeeded Zheng as the Eastern TC commissar.[3]

Zheng has been a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.[4]

References
  1. 广州军区政治部主任郑卫平中将要求云浮军分区推动学习实践活动向深度广度发展. 云浮日报. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. "China promotes 10 officers to general". Xinhua. 2015-07-31.
  3. 东部战区原政委郑卫平上将转岗战支部队 (in Chinese). Caixin. 2017-10-22.
  4. "List of members of the 19th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua News Agency. 24 October 2017.
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