Rong Guiqing

Rong Guiqing
戎贵卿
Chief of Staff of the Western Theater Command
In office January 2016 – June 2021
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Li Zhonglin
Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command
In office January 2016 – June 2021
Leader	Zhao Zongqi Zhang Xudong
Succeeded by	Li Zhonglin
Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region
In office December 2014 – December 2015
Preceded by	Zhou Xiaozhou
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Personal details
Born	May 1958 (age 68) Weishi County, Henan, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Education	PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Rank	Lieutenant general

Rong Guiqing (simplified Chinese: 戎贵卿; traditional Chinese: 戎貴卿; pinyin: Róng Guìqīng; born May 1958) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He has previously served as Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region and Commander of the 54th Group Army.

Biography

Rong was born in Weishi County, Henan Province. He is a graduate of the PLA National Defence University. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2008, he was promoted to the rank of major general. In 2009 he became Commander of the 54th Group Army of the Jinan Military Region, a position he held until December 2014, when he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region and served as Chief of Staff, replacing Zhou Xiaozhou. In January 2016, he was appointed deputy commander and chief of staff of the newly established Western Theater Command. He was promoted to lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2016.

He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.

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