Li Shangfu
Li Shangfu | |
|---|---|
李尚福 | |
| Director of the CMC Equipment Development Department | |
| Assumed office September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Youxia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1958 (age 66) Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | National University of Defense Technology |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  China |
| Branch/service | PLA Strategic Support Force |
| Years of service | 1978–present |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
Li Shangfu (Chinese: 李尚福; born February 1958) is a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission since September 2017. He previously served as Deputy Commander of the PLA Strategic Support Force and Deputy Commander of the PLA General Armaments Department.
Biography
Li Shangfu was born in February 1958 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, with his ancestral home in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. He is the son of Li Shaozhu (李绍珠), a Red Army veteran and high-ranking officer of the PLA Railway Force.[1] Li Shangfu joined the PLA when he entered the National University of Defense Technology in 1978. After graduating in 1982, he began working at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center as a technician.[2]
Li rose through the ranks at the Xichang Space Center over the decades until December 2003, when he was promoted to Director (Commander) of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at the age of 45. In 2006 he attained the rank of major general.[2] After 31 years working in Xichang, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the PLA General Armaments Department (GAD) in 2013, replacing Maj. Gen. Shang Hong.[2][1] A year later, he was made Deputy Director of the GAD.[2]
In 2016, Li was appointed Deputy Commander of the newly established PLA Strategic Support Force, which is responsible for cyberspace, space, and other high-tech warfare. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the same year.[2] In September 2017, Li was appointed Director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, the successor department of the GAD, replacing General Zhang Youxia.[2]
References
- ^ a b "七大军区岗位调动超30人 史鲁泽直升北京军区参谋长". Phoenix News (in Chinese). 8 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Zhao Lei (19 September 2017). "PLA says chief of its arms wing replaced". China Daily.