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Cai Yingting
蔡英挺
Herbert J. Carlisle greeting Cai Yingting
Cai Yingting greeted by U.S. General Herbert J. Carlisle in Pearl Harbor, August 2012
Commander of Nanjing Military Region
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Preceded by Zhao Keshi
Personal details
Born April 1954 (age 70)
Jinjiang, Fujian, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army
Years of service 1970 − present
Rank PLAGeneral r.svg General
Commands Nanjing Military Region

Cai Yingting (Chinese: 蔡英挺; born April 1954) is a general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He has been Commander of the Nanjing Military Region since 2012.

Biography[]

Cai Yingting was born in April 1954 in Jinjiang, Fujian Province. He joined the PLA in 1970 and formerly worked as the secretary of General Zhang Wannian, former Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission. Cai served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA from 2011 to 2012, and was appointed Commander of the Nanjing Military Region in 2012, and attained the rank of general (shang jiang) in 2012.[1][2]

Cai is a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[1][2]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in Chinese). Phoenix New Media. 28 August 2013. http://renwuku.news.ifeng.com/index/detail/309/caiyingting. Retrieved 25 April 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Cai Yingting". China Vitae. http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Cai_Yingting%7C4302. Retrieved 25 April 2015. 
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