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Biography Highlight

Fan Changlong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Donggang City, Liaoning province. He was born in 1947, and joined the PLA and the CPC in 1969. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1995, and lieutenant general in 2002. Fan served successively as a platoon leader, political instructor, battalion commander, and deputy regimental commander in the PLA. Fan was educated at the Beijing Military Academy and the Xuanhua Artillery Academy. He served as chief of staff of the 16th Group Army until 2000. In the same year he was promoted to chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region and in 2004 he became Commander of the Jinan Military Region.

Recent Career Data

2008—	General, PLA
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2004—	Deputy Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Leading Party Group Shandong Province, Jinan City
2004—	Commander, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region Shandong Province, Jinan City
2003—2004	Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff CPC, Party Committee
2003—2004	Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
2002—2008	Lieutenant General, PLA
2002—2007	Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—2003	Member, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region CPC, Party Committee, Standing Committee Liaoning Province, Shenyang City
2000—2003	Chief of Staff, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region Liaoning Province, Shenyang City

Recent Travel & Appearances

06/09/10

Fan Changlong met with Myanmar leader General Thura Shwe Mann.