Tang Tianbiao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shimen, Hunan Province. Born in 1940, he studied at the Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering in 1960, joined the CPC in 1961 and graduated from the Engineering Institute of PLA Engineers in 1966. He holds the rank of lieutenant general.
Tang was a career PLA officer, spending much of his time in the PLA General Political Department. Beginning in the 1960s, he began as a staff officer and secretary of the No. 104 Project Command and moved to secretary of the Publicity Department of the Guanzhou Military Area Command, where he occupied a number of positions until the mid-1980s. Most recently, he has been deputy director of the PLA General Political Department, where he held several posts. He is currently a lieutenant general.
Tang was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee.