Xu Xueqiang | |||||||
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许学强 | |||||||
 Xu at the see-off ceremony for Chinese astronauts ofShenzhou 17 mission | |||||||
| Head of theEquipment Development Department | |||||||
| Assumed office October 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Li Shangfu | ||||||
| President ofPLA National Defence University | |||||||
| In office August 2021 – October 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zheng He | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xiao Tianliang | ||||||
| Commander ofNorthern Theater Command Air Force | |||||||
| In office November 2017 – August 2021 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Ding Laihang | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Wenqi | ||||||
| Chief of Staff ofEastern Theater Command Air Force | |||||||
| In office 2016 – August 2017 | |||||||
| Chief of Staff ofNanjing Military Region Air Force | |||||||
| In office December 2013 – 2016 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Huang Guoxian | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Position revoked | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | November 1962 (age 63) | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Air Force | ||||||
| Years of service | ?–present | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 许学强 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 許學強 | ||||||
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Xu Xueqiang (Chinese:许学强; born November 1962) is ageneral (shangjiang) of thePeople's Liberation Army (PLA), serving as head of theEquipment Development Department of theCentral Military Commission since October 2022. He was the president ofPLA National Defence University from 2021 to 2022 and previously served as commander ofNorthern Theater Command Air Force and before that, chief of staff ofNanjing Military Region Air Force.
Xu was born inYiyang, Hunan province in November 1962. He served inPLA Air Force Shanghai Base [zh] before being appointed as chief of staff ofNanjing Military Region Air Force in December 2013. In 2016, he was appointed chief of staff of the newly foundedEastern Theater Command Air Force, a position he held until August 2017, when he was transferred toNorthern Theater Command Air Force and appointed commander. In August 2021, he was appointed president ofPLA National Defence University, succeedingZheng He.[1][2]
He was promoted to the rank ofmajor general (shaojiang) in 2013,lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in June 2019 andgeneral (shangjiang) in September 2021.[3][4]
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chief of Staff ofNanjing Military Region Air Force 2013–2016 | Succeeded by Position revoked |
| New title | Chief of Staff ofEastern Theater Command Air Force 2016–2017 | Succeeded by Unpublished |
| Preceded by | Commander ofNorthern Theater Command Air Force 2017–2021 | Succeeded by Liu Wenqi |
| Preceded by | President ofPLA National Defence University 2021–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Commander of theChina Manned Space Program 2022–present | Incumbent |
| Head of theEquipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission 2022–present | ||
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*Although navyshang jiang is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese. | ||