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Zheng He
Zheng He
郑和
Political Commissar of the PLA National Defense University
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 2021
Preceded by	Wu Jieming
President of PLA National Defense University
	In office; June 2017 – August 2021
Preceded by	Zhang Shibo
Succeeded by	Xu Xueqiang
President of PLA Academy of Military Science
	In office; January 2017 – July 2017
Preceded by	Cai Yingting
Succeeded by	Yang Xuejun
Personal details
Born	November 1958 (age 66); Shanghai, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?–present
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	郑和
Traditional Chinese	鄭和
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Hé

Zheng He (Chinese: 郑和; born November 1958) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army who served as president of PLA National Defense University from 2017 to 2021. He is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.^[1]

Biography

Born in Shanghai, in November 1958, he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He served in the Nanjing Military Region for a long time. His first assignment was as chief of staff of the 31st Group Army followed by service at Nanjing Military Region as deputy chief of staff.^[2] He then received an assignment as director of Military Training Division of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in 2013.^[2] In July 2015 he transferred to the Chengdu Military Region as deputy commander.^[3] He was then assigned to the newly founded Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission as director in January 2016. One year later, he was appointed president of PLA Academy of Military Science, replacing Cai Yingting. He became president of PLA National Defense University in June 2017, serving in the post until his retirement in 2021.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2009 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016.^[4] On 31 July 2019, he was awarded the military rank of general (shangjiang) by Chairman Xi Jinping.^[5]

^ Yang Ting (杨婷) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (1 February 2016). 原成都军区副司令员郑和少将任军委训练管理部部长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Wang Jun (王俊) (24 July 2021). 总参谋部军训部部长郑和少将升任成都军区副司令员. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Wang Jun (王俊) (28 February 2017). 郑和中将晋升正战区级，曾任中央军委训练管理部部长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Li Xuanliang (李宣良) (31 July 2019). 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.

Military offices
Preceded by Chen Zhaohai [zh]	Director of Military Training Division of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department 2013–2016	Succeeded by Position revoked
New title	Director of Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission 2016–2017	Succeeded by Li Huohui
Preceded by Cai Yingting	President of PLA Academy of Military Science 2017–2017	Succeeded by Yang Xuejun
Preceded by Zhang Shibo	President of PLA National Defense University 2017–2021	Succeeded by Xu Xueqiang