Qian Guoliang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1940 and earned the equivalent of a technical college degree. He joined the PLA in 1958 and the CPC in 1960.
Before rising to assume command positions with the PLA, Qian served as a surveyor for the Combat Training Division and the army corps. In 1966, he became a staff officer and deputy section chief for the PLA's Combat Training Section.
Qian was made a chief of staff of the Army Corps in the mid 1980s and then became a group army commander in 1985.
After he was promoted to major general in 1988, Qian assumed chief of staff responsibilities at the Jinan Military Region. The following year, in 1996, he picked up the commander-in-chief post in Jinan as well as the deputy Party secretary position.
A member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Qian became the commander-in-chief of the Shenyang Military Region. He holds the rank of general in the PLA.
2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee |
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2002— |
General, PLA |
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1999— |
Commander-in-Chief, PLA, Regions, Shenyang Military Region |
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1997—2002 |
Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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1996—1999 |
Commander-in-Chief, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region |
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1996—1999 |
Deputy Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Party Committee |
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1995—2002 |
Lieutenant General, PLA |
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1993—1996 |
Chief of Staff, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region |
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1992—1997 |
Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee |
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1988—1995 |
Major General, PLA |
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1987—1992 |
Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee |
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1985—1993 |
Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Group Army |
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1983—1985 |
Chief of Staff, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force) |
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1979—1983 |
Division Commander, PLA |
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1978—1979 |
Student, Military Academy of the Chinese PLA, Basic Department |
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1976—1979 |
Deputy Divisional Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force) |
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1975—1976 |
Regimental Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force) |
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1971—1973 |
Deputy Section Chief, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Combat Training Section (Regiment Command) |
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1966—1971 |
Staff Officer, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Combat Training Section |
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1960 |
Joined, CPC |
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1960—1966 |
Map-Maker, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Combat Training Section PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region, Zhejiang Military District (Division Command) |
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1959—1959 |
Soldier, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force) |
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1959—1960 |
Map-Maker, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Combat Training Section (Regiment Command) |
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1959 |
Joined, PLA |
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