Huang Ming (military officer)
Chinese military officer
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Huang Ming (Chinese: 黄铭; born April 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as commander of the Northern Theater Command since August 2024. He previously served as commander of the Central Theater Command from January 2023 to August 2024, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from September 2021 to January 2023, and formerly served as commander of the 81st Group Army.
Huang Ming | |||||||
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黄铭 | |||||||
| Commander of the Northern Theater Command | |||||||
| Assumed office August 2024 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Qiang | ||||||
| Commander of the Central Theater Command | |||||||
| In office January 2023 – August 2024 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Yanan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Qiang | ||||||
| Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force | |||||||
| In office September 2021 – January 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Zhenli | ||||||
| Succeeded by | TBA | ||||||
| Commander of the 81st Group Army | |||||||
| In office March 2017 – June 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wu Aimin | ||||||
| Commander of the 75th Group Army | |||||||
| In office July 2016 – March 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Li Qiaoming | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||
| Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army | |||||||
| In office 2013–2016 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Xuefeng | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Ding Laifu | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | April 1963 (age 62–63) | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1980–present | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃銘 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄铭 | ||||||
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Huang is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[citation needed]
Biography
Huang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1980, after high school. He served as chief of staff of the 78th Group Army before serving as commander of the 75th Group Army. In March 2017 he was appointed commander of the 81st Group Army,[1] and held that office until June 2019, when he was promoted to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.[3] and general (shangjiang) in January 2023.[4]