Zhao Keming

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Keming (Chinese: 赵可铭; born ) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a representative of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1] He was a delegate to the 9th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

Zhao Keming
赵可铭
Political Commissar of the PLA National Defence University
In office July 2001 – September 2007
Preceded by	Wang Maorun
Succeeded by	Tong Shiping
Personal details
Born	October 1942 (age 82) Wuhan, Hubei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shantou Education College
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1961–2007
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵可铭
Traditional Chinese	趙可銘
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Kěmíng

Biography

Zhao was born in Wuhan, Hubei, in October 1942. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1961, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the following year. He became a reporter of the People's Liberation Army Daily in 1980, and was dispatched to the Guangzhou Military Region in August 1985. He served as deputy head and then head of the Propaganda Division of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department in May 1988. He was appointed political commissar of the 47th Group Army in February 1995. In January 1996, he became deputy political commissar of the PLA National Defence University, rising to political commissar in July 2001. In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.^{[citation needed]}

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in 1998, and general (shangjiang) in 2004.^[2]