Liu Lin (general)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liǔ.

Liu Lin (Chinese: 柳林; pinyin: Liǔ Lín; born 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as commander of the Xinjiang Military District in 2021.

Liu Lin
柳林
Commander of the Xinjiang Military District
In office March 2021 – August 2021
Preceded by	Wang Haijiang
Succeeded by	TBA
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 60–61) Qingshui County, Tianshui, Gansu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?–present
Rank	Lieutenant general

Biography

Liu was born in 1964. He has served in the Xinjiang Military Region for a long time, serving successively as commander of the 8th Division of the Xinjiang Military Region, the chief of staff of the Nanjiang Military District (or Southern Xinjiang Military District), the deputy commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military District, and the commander of the Southern Xinjiang Military District. In the 2015 military parade, he led the tracked self-propelled artillery team to be reviewed. In July 2015, he became deputy commander of Nanjiang Military District, rising to commander in March 2019.^[1] In 2020, he led the delegations that participated in the India-China Commander Level Talks during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes.^[2][3] In March 2021, he was commissioned as commander of the Xinjiang Military District, replacing Wang Haijiang.^[4] In September 2021, he was admitted as a member of the standing committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the region's top authority.^[4]

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in January 2015 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 2021.^[5]