China Vitae : Biography of Chen Bingde

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/17/2010
Career Data Updated: 3/17/2010

Chen Bingde 陈炳德

Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission; Member of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, Chief of General Staff

Born: 1941

Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Nantong City

Biography

Chen Bingde, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1941 and holds the equivalent of a an associate the degree from the Academy of Military Sciences. Chen joined the PLA in 1961 and the CPC in 1962.

He joined the Nanjing Military Region as chief of staff in 1985 and was promoted to major general in 1988.

A year after he received his lieutenant general stars in 1995, Chen became the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region in 1996. He was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and became a member of the CPC Central Military Commission and Director-General of the PLA General Armaments Department in 2004.

In 2007, he became chief of the PLA Headquarters of the General Staff, a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission.

Career Data

2007—	Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2005—	Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC
2004—2007	Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department CPC, Party Committee
2004—2007	Director-General, PLA, General Armaments Department
2004—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—	General, PLA
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1999—2004	Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Party Committee Shandong Province, Jinan City
1999—2004	Commander-in-Chief, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1996—1999	Commander-in-Chief, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region
1996—1999	Deputy Secretary, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region CPC, Party Committee
1995—2002	Lieutenant General, PLA
1993—1996	Member, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region CPC, Party Committee, Standing Committee Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
1993—1993	Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Group Army
1993—1996	Chief of Staff, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
1988—1995	Major General, PLA
1985—1985	Student, Military Academy of the Chinese PLA
1983—1985	Deputy Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force)
1982—1983	Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Infantry, Division
1979—1982	Chief of Staff, PLA, Services and Arms, Infantry, Division
1979—1981	Student, Academy of Military Sciences
1977—1979	Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Infantry, Regiment
1964—1965	Platoon Leader, PLA
1962	Joined, CPC
1961—1964	Sergeant, PLA
1961	Joined, PLA

Recent Travel & Appearances

12 Mar 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao delivered an important speech while attending a plenary meeting of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) deputies to the Third Session of the 11th NPC.
07 Mar 10	APPEARANCE	Guo Boxiong attended the panel discussion of the PLA delegation to the 3th Session of the 11th NPC.
05 Mar 10	APPEARANCE	Wen Jiabao delivered a government work report during the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th NPC.
02 Mar 10	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Chi Vinh Nguyen (Deputy Defense Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) Chen Bingde met with Nguyen Chi Vinh, deputy defense minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
28 Feb 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Lantern Festival celebrations.
12 Feb 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao and top leaders attended the gathering, held by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council.
06 Feb 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Spring Festival celebration.
29 Jan 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao met with delegates of a national meeting on border and coastal defense.
11 Jan 10	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao posed with mathematician Gu Chaohao and space scientist Sun Jiadong, who won China's 2009 State Top Scientific and Technological Award, during a ceremony.
07 Jan 10	TRAVEL	Travelled to Turkey, Ankara and met with the following: • Zafer Caglayan (Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade) Chen Deming met with Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan.

The most recent (of 21) travel & appearance entries are listed here.

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