Chang Wanquan is a general

General

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 in the People's Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army

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. He is the current director of the PLA General Armaments Department and a member of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China

Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China

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Born in Nanyang

Nanyang, Henan

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, Henan Province, Chang joined the PLA in March 1968 and the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 (CPC) in November of the same year. From January 2002 to December 2004, he was the chief of staff and a CPC committee member of the PLA Lanzhou Military Region. From December 2004 to September 2007, he was the commander of the PLA Shenyang Military Region

Shenyang Military Region

The Shenyang Military Region |16th Group Army]], with three divisions, including an armoured division, in Jilin, the 23rd Group Army headquartered at Harbin, and the 39th Group Army in Liaoning.-Current Officers:* Zhang Youxia , since October 2007...

. Since September 2007, he has been serving as the director of the PLA General Armaments Department. In October 2007 he was elected as a member of the Central Military Commission.

He attained the rank of major general

Major General

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 in July 1997, lieutenant general

Lieutenant General

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 in 2003, and full general in October 2007. He has been a member of the 16th

16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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 and 17th

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 Central Committees

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