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Biography Revised: 6/3/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Biography
Cao Pengsheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Leting, Hebei Province. He was born in 1930, joined the PLA in 1946 and the CPC in 1949.
In his late teens, Cao did propaganda work in the 4th Field Army, and from there he moved up through various jobs in security and political guidance to the position of political commissar at the division level. Thirty years after joining the PLA, in 1979, he graduated from the PLA Political Academy and continued in the political commissar role, serving in Shandong, Jinan, and finally, in 1990, as political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region.
Cao was a member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was promoted to major general in 1988, lieutenant general in 1991, and general in 1994. In 1998, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the 9th CPPCC National Congress.
Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee | |
| 1994— | General, PLA | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection | |
| 1991—1994 | Lieutenant General, PLA | |
| 1990—???? | Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Lanzhou Military Region | |
| 1988—1990 | Deputy Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region | |
| 1988—1991 | Major General, PLA | |
| 1987—1992 | Delegate, 13th CPC, National Congress | |
| Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region, Shandong Military District (Political Department) | ||
| 1979 | Graduate, Political Academy of the Chinese PLA | |
| 1979—???? | Deputy Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region, Shandong Military District (Political Department) | |
| 1949 | Joined, CPC | |
| 1946 | Joined, PLA | |
| 1946—???? | Publicity Worker, PLA, Services and Arms, Field Army (Took part in Liaoxi-Shenyang and Peiping-Tientsin Campaigns) |
