China Vitae : Biography of Chi Wanchun

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/17/2010
Career Data Updated: 11/30/2010

Chi Wanchun 迟万春

Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department

Born: 1946

Birthplace: Shandong Province, Wendeng City

Biography

Chi Wanchun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wendeng, Shandong province. He was born in 1946, joined the CPC in 1971, joined the PLA in 1965, and graduated from Harbin Engineering University. He is a general in the PLA. He held leading posts in the PLA General Armament Department, where he served as director of the political department in 1999. He was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and is now a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

Career Data

2007—2012	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2006—	General, PLA
2002—	Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department CPC, Party Committee
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—	Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department
2000—2006	Lieutenant General, PLA
1999—2002	Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Political Department
1999—2002	Secretary, National Defense Science and Technology University CPC, Party Committee
1999—2002	Political Commissar, National Defense Science and Technology University
1997—1999	Deputy Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1993—1997	Political Commissar, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province, Xinzhou Prefecture
1993—2000	Major General, PLA
1990—1993	Deputy Political Commissar, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND), Xi'an Satellite Monitoring Center Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City
1986—1990	Director, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Political Department
1983—1985	Experimental Political Commissar, (Monitoring Station of the Proving Ground Activity)
1981—1983	Vice Political Commissar, (Monitoring Station of the Proving Ground Activity)
1976—1981	Director, Monitoring Station of the Proving Ground Activity,
1972—1976	Deputy Political Instructor, PLA, Training Base,
1971	Joined, CPC
1965—1970	Student, Harbin Engineering University, Military Project Institute Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City
1965	Joined, PLA