Liu Chengjun

Who is Liu Chengjun?

Liu Chengjun is a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of the People's Republic of China and the current president of the PLA Academy of Military Science.

Liu was born in Chengwu, Shandong Province. His former posts included commander of the Air Force division, vice commander and later commander of PLA Air Force 8th corps and the chief of staff of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region. In July 2003, he was appointed vice commander of the Nanjing Military Region and commander of the Air Force of the Nanjing Military Region. In December 2004, he was promoted to the post of vice commander of the PLA Air Force. In 2007, he succeeded general Zheng Shenxia as the president of PLA Academy of Military Science.

He was made a lieutenant general of the Air Force in July 2004, and is currently a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.