| Cao Gangchuan Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1990—1992 | Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Office of Military Trade | |
| Chang Wanquan Former Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Former Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Former Minister of the Ministry of National Defense; Former State Councilor of State Council |
| 2008—2018 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Chen Bingde 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 |
| 2005— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Chi Haotian Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1995—2003 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1992—1995 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Deng Pufang Vice-Chairman of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC, Executive President, Olympic Games Organizing Committee |
| 1975—1984 | Staff Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Service Department | |
| Deng Xiaoping Former Chairman of PRC |
| 1983—1990 | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Fan Changlong Member of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Vice-Chairman of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Vice-Chairman of Central Military Commission of PRC |
| 2014— | Deputy Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Leading Group for Deepening Reform on National Defense | |
| 2013— | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Fu Quanyou Member of the 15th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 1993— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Guo Boxiong Former Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Former Vice-Chairman of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2003— | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1999—2002 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Hu Jintao Former President of China; Former Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission; Former Chairman of the Central Military Commission |
| 2005—2013 | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 2002—2005 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1999—2002 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Jiang Zemin Former Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC |
| 1998—2005 | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Jing Zhiyuan Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission; Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC; Commander, Second Artillery Force |
| 2005— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Li Jinai Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission, Director-General of the PLA General Political Department, Member of the PRC Central Military Commissions |
| 2003— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Li Shenming Former Vice-President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| 1983—1994 | Secretary, Central Military Commission of the PRC, General Office | |
| Liang Guanglie Former Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Former Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission, Former Minister of the Ministry of National Defense |
| 2003—2013 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Liao Xilong Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission; Director of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army; Member of PRC Central Military Commission |
| 2003— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Liu Dongdong Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region |
| 2004— | General, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Qiao Qingchen Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 2005—2008 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Sun Jianguo Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Deputy Chief, Joint Staff Department of CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2016— | Deputy Chief, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Joint Staff Department | |
| Tong Shiping Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee |
| 2009— | Secretary, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| Wang Guanzhong Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Deputy Chief, the Joint Staff of CPC Central Military Commission; Secretary General, State National Defense Mobilization Committee; General |
| 2016— | Deputy Chief, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Joint Staff Department | |
| Wang Jianping Former Deputy Secretary General of the Joint General Staff of the Central Military Commission |
| 2015—2016 | Deputy Secretary General, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Joint Staff Department | |
| Wang Ke Member of the 15th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 1995— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Wang Ruilin Member of the CPC Central Military Commission, Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department |
| 1995— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1977—???? | Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Chairman's Office | |
| Wu Shengli Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Commander of the PLA Navy |
| 2008— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Xi Jinping President of China; General Secretary of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission; Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission |
| 2018— | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 2014— | Head, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Leading Group for Deepening Reform on National Defense | |
| 2013—2018 | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 2010—2013 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1979—1982 | Secretary, Central Military Commission of the PRC, General Office | |
| Xu Qiliang Member of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Vice-Chairman of Central Military Commission of PRC; Commander of the PLA Air Force |
| 2014— | Deputy Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Leading Group for Deepening Reform on National Defense | |
| 2013— | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Yang Baibing Member, 14th CPC Central Committee |
| 1989—1992 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Yi Xiaoguang Deputy Chief of Staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department; General |
| 2014— | Deputy Chief-of-Staff, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Joint Staff Department | |
| Yu Yongbo Member of the PRC Military Commission |
| 1993— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Zhang Dingfa Commander of the PLA Navy, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 2005—2008 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| Zhang Shengmin Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Secretary of the 19th CMC Commission for Discipline Inspection; Member of the 19th CPC Central Military Commission; General |
| 2017— | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC (19th) | |
| 2017— | Secretary, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Commission for Discipline Inspection (19th) | |
| Zhang Wannian Former Member of the 15th CPC Politburo |
| 1995—2003 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC (19th) | |
| 1993—1995 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC (19th) | |
| Zhong Shaojun Deputy Director, General Office, Central Military Commission |
| 2013— | Deputy Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, General Office (19th) | |
| 2013— | Director, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Chairman's Office (19th) | |
