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Yu Zhenwu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Kuandian, Liaoning province. He was born in 1931, joined the CPC in 1949, and graduated from the Air Force Aviation School. Yu Zhenwu took part in the Liaoxi-Shengyang and Peiping-Tientsin Campaigns, and in the early 1950s he joined the Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea. In the mid-1970s, he served as deputy director of the Military Training Department of the PLA Air Force, and was promoted to director in 1977. Yu Zhenwu was conferred the rank of general in 1996.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003	Member, 9th Standing Committee of the NPC
1996—	General, PLA
1988—1996	Lieutenant General, PLA
1987—1992	Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1985—????	Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force
1982—1987	Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1979—1983	Army Commander, PLA
1977—1979	Director, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force, Military Training Department
1954—1955	Group Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force
1953	Joined, Chinese People's Volunteers Republic of Korea (South Korea)