[Epoch Times, July 06, 2021](Hong Kong Epoch Times reporter Dongfang Hao comprehensive report) On the fourth day after the Chinese Communist Party’s Centennial Party Day, Xi Jinping, Chairman of the CCP’s Military Commission, awarded four new generals titles, breaking the previous “August 1st” The practice of conferring titles on the eve. The four new generals will be Wang Xiubin, commander of the Southern Theater, Xu Qiling, commander of the Western Theater, Liu Zhenli, commander of the Army, and Ju Gansheng, commander of the Strategic Support Forces. The 59-year-old former Western Theater Commander Zhang Xudong and the 62-year-old former Strategic Support Force Commander Li Fengbiao have not yet reached the retirement age and were dismissed early. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
On July 5, the CCP Central Military Commission’s promotion to general was held in the Bayi Building in Beijing. Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping and CMC members Wei Fenghe, Li Zuocheng, Miao Hua, Zhang Shengmin and others attended the promotion ceremony.
The officers promoted to the rank of general are: Southern Theater Commander Wang Xiubin, Western Theater Commander Xu Qiling, Army Commander Liu Zhenli, and Strategic Support Force Commander Ju Gansheng.
Wang Xiubin, who has long served in the First Army, was promoted to the rank of major general in July 2014; he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in December 2019; and he was promoted to the rank of general in July 2021.
Xu Qiling, commander of the Western Theater Command, has served in the Central, Northern, Eastern, and Western Theater Army since the military reform in 2016. He was also one of the first commanders of the group army after the adjustment and formation. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in December 2019. As the tension between China and India escalated, Xu Qiling was transferred to the commander of the Western Theater Command in April 2020; he was promoted to the commander of the Western Theater Command in June 2021.
Army Commander Liu Zhenli, in December 2009, served as chief of staff of the 65th Army of the Beijing Military Region, and in February 2012 as commander of the army. In March 2014, he was transferred to the commander of the 38th Army. In July 2015, he served as Chief of Staff of the Armed Police Force. In December 2015, he served as the first Chief of Staff of the Army. In June 2021, he was promoted to commander of the army. Liu Zhenli was promoted to the rank of major general in December 2010 and was promoted to lieutenant general in 2016. After 5 years, he was promoted to the rank of general.
Ju Qiansheng served as the Deputy Director of the Technical Investigation Department of the General Staff Headquarters. In 2018, he served as the Commander of the Network System Department of the Strategic Support Forces. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in July 2019 and was promoted to the Commander of the Strategic Support Forces in June 2021.
Former Southern Theater Commander General Yuan Yubai and former Army Commander General Han Weiguo have reached the age of 65 years of retirement. However, the 62-year-old former strategic support force commander General Li Fengbiao and the 59-year-old former Western Theater Commander Zhang Xudong, both of whom have not reached the retirement age but have resigned abnormally. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
Current political commentator Li Yanming analyzed that the Southern Theater Commander Wang Xiubin and the Western Theater Commander Xu Qiling were promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in December 2019 and July 2019, and Ju Gansheng, the commander of the Strategic Support Forces, was promoted at the end of July 2019. The rank of lieutenant general has been promoted to general by Xi Jinping in less than two years, which is an exceptional promotion.
In addition, in the past, Xi Jinping’s promotion to general was mostly carried out on the eve of the CCP’s “August 1st” Army Day and at the end of the year.
Li Yanming analyzed that at present, the CCP’s internal and external forces are facing difficulties, and international forces headed by the United States are embarking on a military siege of the CCP. The CCP’s surrounding areas include the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, the China-India border, and the Korean Peninsula, and the military crisis is in full emergency. At sensitive moments, Xi Jinping promoted four generals, replaced the commanders of the southern and western theaters, and promoted the commander of the CCP’s hacker force to commander of the strategic support force. The CCP confronted the US military siege and responded to the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and China and India. The attempt at the border crisis is self-evident.
Li Yanming analyzed that, on the other hand, the internal and external difficulties of the CCP regime are closely intertwined with the internal strife of the CCP. The Beidaihe meeting, which is related to the personnel layout of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, will be held at the end of July and early August. At the critical moment, Xi Jinping promoted 4 generals in advance, demonstrated military power, and strengthened military control. The political signals that deter political opponents and “escort” the deployment of the top 20 personnel are worthy of attention.
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