| Cao Gangchuan Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1992—1996 | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1989—1990 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Affairs Department | |
| 1982—1989 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department | |
| 1975—1982 | Staff Officer, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department, General Planning Division | |
| 1975—1982 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department, General Planning Division | |
| 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 |
| 2007— | Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Chen Chuankuo Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 1985—1993 | Section Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, 1st Guard's Unit | |
| 1983—1985 | Deputy Section Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, 1st Guard's Unit | |
| 1982—1983 | Deputy Regimental Commander, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, 1st Guard's Unit | |
| 1981—1982 | Deputy Section Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, 1st Guard's Unit | |
| 1978—1981 | Staff Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Training Department | |
| Chen Yong Assistant Chief of the PLA General Staff |
| 2009— | Assistant Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Chen Zuoning Alternate Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; General Engineer, National Research Center of Parallel Computer Engineering and Technology |
| ???? | General Engineer, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, 56th Institute | |
| Chi Haotian Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1987—1992 | Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| ???? | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Deng Xiaoping Former Chairman of PRC |
| 1975—1980 | Head, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 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 |
| 2003—2004 | Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2003—2004 | Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Fang Fenghui Former Chief of the General Staff of the PLA Headquarters of the General Staff |
| 2012—2017 | Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Ge Zhenfeng Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Deputy Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC |
| 2002—2009 | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2002—2009 | Deputy Secretary, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Guo Boxiong Former Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Former Vice-Chairman of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 1999—2002 | Deputy Secretary, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1999—2002 | Executive Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Hou Shusen Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army |
| 2009— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Li Andong Alternate Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; ; Deputy-Director of the PLA General Armaments Department |
| 1993—1998 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department | |
| 1992—1993 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department, General Planning Division | |
| 1988—1992 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department, General Planning Division | |
| 1987—1988 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Military Equipment Department, Aviation-Specific Equipment Division | |
| 1985—1987 | Clerk, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Land Aviation Office | |
| Li Zuocheng Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 19th CPC Central Military Commission; Chief of the General Staff of the Headquarters of the General Staff, PLA |
| 2017— | Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 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 |
| 2002—2007 | Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2002—2007 | Secretary, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Liao Hui Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Vice-Chairman, 11th CPPCC National Committee |
| 1980—1983 | Staff Officer, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Liu Huaqing Member of the 14th CPC Central Committee |
| 1979—1982 | Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Liu Xiaojiang Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Political Commissar of the PLA Navy |
| 1980—1983 | Secretary of the Deputy Chief-of-Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1978—1980 | Secretary, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Communications Department, General Office | |
| Liu Zhenwu Deputy Director of the 11th NPC Foreign Affairs Committee |
| 2007—2009 | Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Ma Xiaotian Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Commander-in-Chief, Air Force of PLA |
| 2007—2012 | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Qi Jianguo Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff |
| 2012— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2009—2012 | Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2005—2008 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Combat Department | |
| Qian Shugen Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff |
| 1995— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1994— | Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1994—1995 | Assistant of the Chief of General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Sun Jianguo Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Deputy Chief, Joint Staff Department of CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2009—2016 | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2006—2009 | Assistant to the Chief of Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2006—2009 | Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Wang Guangzhong Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff |
| 2012— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 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 |
| 2012— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Wang Ruilin Member of the CPC Central Military Commission, Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department |
| 1976—1977 | Worker, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Mobilization Department, Equipment Section | |
| Wu Quanxu Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA Headquarters, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 1995— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1992—1995 | Assistant Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Wu Shengli Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Commander of the PLA Navy |
| 2004—2006 | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 2004—2006 | Member, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Xiong Guangkai Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 1996— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1992—1996 | Assistant of the Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1988—1992 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department | |
| 1984—1988 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department | |
| 1982—1984 | Deputy Section Head, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department | |
| 1959—1960 | Worker, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department, Data 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 |
| 2004—2007 | Deputy Chief-of-Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Yang Zhiqi Former Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff; Lieutenant General |
| 2008—2009 | Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Yi Xiaoguang Deputy Chief of Staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department; General |
| 2012—2014 | Assistant Chief of General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Zhang Haiyang Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Political Commissar of Second Artillery Force |
| 1993—1996 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Political Department | |
| 1992—1993 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Political Department | |
| Zhang Li Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 2000— | Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1998—2000 | Assistant to the Chief of Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1995—1998 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Political Department | |
| 1991—1995 | Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Political Department | |
| 1990—1991 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Engineering Corps Department, Political Department | |
| 1989—1990 | Political Commissar, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, No.2 Technology Section | |
| Zhang Qinsheng 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff, General Department of the PLA; Deputy Director of the National Committee for Disaster Reduction |
| 2003—2005 | Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Combat Department | |
| Zhang Wannian Former Member of the 15th CPC Politburo |
| 1992—1995 | Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| Zhang Xiaoxiang Computer Expert |
| ???? | Researcher, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Computer Technology Research Institute | |
