Qin Shutong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qin.

Qin Shutong
秦树桐
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
In office January 2022 – December 2024
Preceded by	Liu Lei
Succeeded by	Chen Hui
Personal details
Born	November 1963 (age 61) Tai County, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
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	秦树桐
Traditional Chinese	秦樹桐
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qín Shùtóng

Qin Shutong (Chinese: 秦树桐; born November 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from January 2022 to December 2024. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Qin was born in Tai County (now Jiangyan District), Jiangsu, in November 1963. In March 2013, he became director of Political Department of the 31st Group Army, one year later, he was elevated to deputy political commissar. In September 2015, he was assigned political commissar of the 1st Group Army.^[1] He was reassigned as political commissar of the 75th Group Army in March 2017.^[2] In April 2018, he was made director of Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.^[3] In January 2022, he rose to become political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, succeeding Liu Lei.

Qin was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019,^[4] and general (shangjiang) in January 2022.^[5]

References

1. Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (5 November 2015). 南京军区第1集团军政委易人，秦树桐接棒白吕. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
2. Ding Xiao (丁晓) (13 July 2017). 原第1集团军政委秦树桐出任第75集团军政委. thepaper (in Chinese).
3. Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (26 July 2018). 第75集团军原政委秦树桐出任陆军政治工作部第3任主任. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. 陆军举行晋衔仪式：张明才等6位军官晋升中将军衔. thepaper (in Chinese). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. Mei Changwei (梅常伟) (21 January 2022). 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. news.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

Military offices
Preceded by Bai Lü	Political Commissar of the 1st Group Army 2015–2017	Succeeded by Position revoked
New title	Political Commissar of the 75th Group Army 2017–2018	Succeeded by Wei Wenbo (魏文波)
Preceded by Liu Jiaguo [zh]	Director of Political Department of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2018–2022	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Liu Lei	Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force 2022–2024	Succeeded by Chen Hui