Zhang Shengmin | |
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张升民 | |
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| Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission | |
| Assumed office Party Commission: 23 October 2025 State Commission: 28 October 2025 Serving with Zhang Youxia | |
| Chairman | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | He Weidong |
| Secretary of theCommission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission | |
| Assumed office January 2017 | |
| CMC Chairman | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Du Jincai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1958 (age 67) Wugong County,Shaanxi, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  PLA Rocket Force PLA Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1978–present |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission |
Zhang Shengmin (Chinese:张升民; born February 1958) is a general of the ChinesePeople's Liberation Army Rocket Force who is currently serving as the second-rankedvice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
He is a member of theCentral Military Commission (CMC) and Secretary of theCMC Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is also aDeputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the topanti-corruption agency of theChinese Communist Party (CCP).
Zhang Shengmin was born in 1958; hisancestral home is inWugong County,Shaanxi Province.[1]
Zhang Shengmin spent most his career as apolitical commissar in the Second Artillery Force (now thePeople's Liberation Army Rocket Force).[2] He served as Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Force Command Academy, and then of a missile base of the Second Artillery Force.[1]
In 2010, when he was posted at a military base in Northwest China, he led more than 1,000 troops in the reconstruction work immediately after the2010 Yushu earthquake inQinghai Province. His unit helped to build emergency living quarters for the monks at the Changu Monastery (禅古寺), the largestKagyu Tibetan Buddhist temple inYushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.[1]
In January 2017, Zhang was appointed Secretary ofCommission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission. He replaced GeneralDu Jincai, who was closely associated with the former CMC vice-chairmenGuo Boxiong andXu Caihou, both of whom had been investigated for corruption.[2]
During the19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2017, Zhang was elected a member of the19th Central Committee. He was also made one of the four members of theCentral Military Commission and one of the eight deputy secretaries of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection, which is in charge of investigating corruption by Communist Party members.[3][4] A week later, on 2 November 2017, Zhang was promoted to the rank of general (shang jiang) by CMC chairmanXi Jinping.[5]
On October 23, 2025, the CCP announced to elevate Zhang to the position of theVice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party after the dismissal of his predecessorHe Weidong.[6] On 28 October 2025, he was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China by theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress.[7]
Generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China in active service | ||
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| Ground Force and Strategic Support Force |  | |
| Navy* | ||
| Air Force | ||
| Rocket Force | ||
| Armed Police Force | ||
*Although navyshang jiang is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese. | ||