Zhu Shengling

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Shengling (Chinese: 朱生岭; born November 1957) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He previously served as the Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command and the People's Armed Police.

Zhu Shengling
朱生岭
Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command
In office March 2019 – January 2022
Preceded by	Yin Fanglong
Succeeded by	Xu Deqing
Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
In office January 2017 – March 2019
Commander	Wang Ning
Preceded by	Sun Sijing
Succeeded by	An Zhaoqing
Political Commissar of the CMC National Defense Mobilization Department
In office January 2016 – January 2017
Preceded by	New position
Succeeded by	Liu Jiaguo
Personal details
Born	November 1957 (age 67) Dongtai, Jiangsu
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1976–2022
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	朱生岭
Traditional Chinese	朱生嶺
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhū Shēnglǐng

Biography

Zhu Shengling was born November 1957 in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province. He has a master's degree in military sciences.^[1]

Zhu spent most of career in the former Nanjing Military Region, serving successively as Director of the Political Department of the 31st Group Army, Political Commissar of the Fujian Military District, Political Commissar of the Shanghai Garrison Command, and Director of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region from December 2014.^[1]

During Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping's military reform in January 2016, Zhu was appointed the inaugural Political Commissar of the newly established National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission, serving alongside director Sheng Bin. In August 2016, both Zhu and Sheng were promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang).^[1]

In January 2017, Zhu was appointed Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police, succeeding the retiring general Sun Sijing.^[2]

In January 2017, Zhu was appointed Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding the retiring general Yin Fanlong.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2017, he was elected a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[3]