Wang Xiubin

Wang Xiubin
Wang Xiubin; 王秀斌
Commander of the Southern Theater Command
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 2021
Preceded by	Yuan Yubai
Chief of Staff of the Eastern Theater Command
	; In office; April 2019 – June 2021
Preceded by	Yang Hui
Succeeded by	TBA
Personal details
Born	March 1964 (age 60); Rudong County, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1983–present
Rank	General

In this article, the family name is Wang.

Wang Xiubin (Chinese: 王秀斌; pinyin: Wang Xiubin; born March 1964) is a general (Shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).^[1] He has been commander of the Southern Theater Command since June 2021. He is an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.^[2]

Biography[]

Wang was born in Rudong County, Jiangsu, in March 1964. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in January 1983. He served in the 1st Group Army for a long time. He was deputy commander of the 31st Group Army in 2013 and the 1st Group Army in 2015. In 2015, he attended the 2015 China Victory Day Parade, a military parade held in Beijing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day of World War II.^[2] In July 2016 he was promoted to become commander of the 1st Group Army, a position he held until 2017. In March 2017, he was made commander of the 80th Group Army. In April 2019, he became deputy commander of the Eastern Theater Command, concurrently holding the chief of staff position. He rose to become commander of the Southern Theater Command in June 2021.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (Shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (Zhongjiang) in December 2019, and general (Shangjiang) in July 2021.^[3]

References[]

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Military offices
Preceded by Feng Wenping [zh]	Commander of the 1st Group Army 2016–2017	Succeeded by Position revoked
New title	Commander of the 80th Group Army 2017–2019	Succeeded by Zheng Shoudong (郑守东)
Preceded by Yang Hui [zh]	Chief of Staff of the Eastern Theater Command 2019–2021	Succeeded by TBA
Preceded by Yuan Yubai	Commander of the Southern Theater Command 2021–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in zh). qq.com. 5 July 2021. https://new.qq.com/omn/20210705/20210705A0BT6Z00.html.

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