Liu Faqing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Faqing
刘发庆
Secretary-General of National Defense Mobilization Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2021
Leader	Li Keqiang Li Qiang
Head of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2021
Leader	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Sheng Bin
Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
In office October 2018 – December 2021
Commander	Han Weiguo
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps
In office March 2017 – October 2018
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Sun Xiangdong
Personal details
Born	June 1964 (age 60) Yanshi, Henan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	M. V. Frunze Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1982-present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉發慶
Simplified Chinese	刘发庆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Fāqìng

Liu Faqing (Chinese: 刘发庆; born June 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as Secretary-General of National Defense Mobilization Commission since December 2021, and formerly served as deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force and formerly served as commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps. Liu was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in December 2014 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.^[1][2]

Biography

Liu was born in Yanshi, Henan in June 1964. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in October 1982. He served in the People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps for a long time, where he was promoted to become its commander in March 2017.^[3] In October 2018, he was promoted again to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.^[4]

Liu is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[5]

References

1. Wang Huan (王欢) (30 December 2014). 2014第二轮空军将官军衔晋升大幕拉开，9名大校晋升少将. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. Song Guoqing (宋国庆); Li Xiaojing (李晓婧) (11 December 2019). 刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. Wang Jun (王俊) (14 August 2017). 新调整组建的空降兵某军领导成员陆续亮相：刘发庆任军长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. Zheng Xueyou (郑学友) (3 December 2018). 跨军种晋升！空军空降兵某军原军长刘发庆任陆军副司令. Phoenix Television (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
5. 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. Xinhua (in Chinese). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by Yang Jie (杨杰	Chief of staff of the 15th Airborne Army 2014–2015	Succeeded by Sun Xiangdong (孙向东)
Preceded by Li Fengbiao	Commander of the 15th Airborne Army 2015–2017	Succeeded by Position abolished
New title	Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps 2017–2018	Succeeded by Sun Xiangdong