| Cao Gangchuan Former Minister of National Defense |
| 2002—2007 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 1998—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 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 |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 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—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2004—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| Chi Haotian Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1997—2002 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1995—1997 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| 1992—1995 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Deng Xiaoping Former Chairman of PRC |
| 1987—1989 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (13th) | |
| 1982—1987 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (12th) | |
| 1981—1982 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (11th) | |
| Du Jincai Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department; Secretary of the CPC Central Military Committee Discipline Committee |
| 2012— | Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection (11th) | |
| 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 |
| 2012—2017 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Fang Fenghui Former Chief of the General Staff of the PLA Headquarters of the General Staff |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Fu Quanyou Member of the 15th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 1997—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Guo Boxiong Former Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Former Vice-Chairman of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2007—2012 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2002—2007 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 1999—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| He Tongxin Vice-Governor of Hunan Province |
| 1977—1981 | Translator, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Armor Technology College (15th) | |
| Hu Jintao Former President of China; Former Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission; Former Chairman of the Central Military Commission |
| 2007—2012 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2004—2007 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 2002—2004 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 1997—2002 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| Jiang Zemin Former Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC |
| 2002—2004 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 1997—2002 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1992—1997 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| 1987—1992 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (13th) | |
| 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 |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 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 |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 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— | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 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 |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 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 |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2002—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| Liu Huaqing Member of the 14th CPC Central Committee |
| 1992—1997 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Ma Xiaotian Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Commander-in-Chief, Air Force of PLA |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Miao Hua Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 19th CPC Central Military Commission; General; PLA Navy Political Commissar |
| 2017— | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| Qiao Qingchen Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 2004—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| Sun Zhongtong Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the
17th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
| 2004—2009 | Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection (16th) | |
| 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 |
| 2007—2012 | Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, General Office (16th) | |
| 2001—2007 | Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, General Office (16th) | |
| Wang Ke Member of the 15th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 1997—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1995—1997 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Wang Ruilin Member of the CPC Central Military Commission, Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department |
| 1997—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1995—1997 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| 1990—???? | Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection (14th) | |
| Wei Fenghe Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Minister of the Ministry of National Defense; State Councilor of the State Council |
| 2017— | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Wu Shengli Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Commander of the PLA Navy |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 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 |
| 2017— | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 2012—2017 | Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| 2010—2012 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| Xu Caihou Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Vice-Chairman of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission; Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee |
| 2007—2012 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| 2004—2007 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 2002—2004 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 2000— | Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection (16th) | |
| 1999—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 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 |
| 2017— | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 2012—2017 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| 2007—2012 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (17th) | |
| Yang Deqing Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region |
| 1994—1999 | Deputy Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection (17th) | |
| Yu Yongbo Member of the PRC Military Commission |
| 1997—2002 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1992—1997 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Zhang Dingfa Commander of the PLA Navy, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee |
| 2004—2007 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (16th) | |
| 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, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 2016— | Political Commissar, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Logistics Supply Department (19th) | |
| 2015—2016 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Training Management Committee (19th) | |
| Zhang Wannian Former Member of the 15th CPC Politburo |
| 1997—2002 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (15th) | |
| 1995—1997 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| 1992—1995 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Zhang Yang Former Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Former Director of the PLA General Political Department |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Zhang Youxia Member of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Head of the PLA General Armaments Department; Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2017— | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (19th) | |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
| Zhang Zhen Member, 12th CPC Central Committee |
| 1992—1997 | Vice-Chairman, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (14th) | |
| Zhao Keshi Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2012—2017 | Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission (18th) | |
