Chang Dingqiu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Chang Dingqiu (Chinese: 常丁求; pinyin: Cháng Dīngqiú; born January 1967) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, succeeding Ding Laihang in September 2021.^[1] He is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Air Force General Chang Dingqiu
常丁求
13th Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 September 2021
Preceded by	Ding Laihang
Personal details
Born	January 1967 (age 58) Hengyang County, Hunan, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Air Force
Years of service	1984–present
Rank	Air Force General

Biography

Chang was born in Hengyang County, Hengyang, Hunan province in 1967. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army Air Force in 1984. He served as assistant chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in 2011 before being appointed chief of staff of Shenyang Military Region Air Force. In January 2016, he was promoted to become deputy commander of the newly founded Southern Theater Command, and served until December 2017,^[2] when he was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.^[3] In August 2021, he rose to become commander of People's Liberation Army Air Force, succeeding Ding Laihang.^[4][5]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2012, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2018 and general (shangjiang) in September 2021.^[6][7]