Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Liao Xilong

General Liao Xilong is a general of the People's Republic of China.

Biography



General Liao Xilong was born in , Guizhou province, in June 1940. He was recruited into the People's Liberation Army in January 1959, and joined the Communist Party of China in February 1963. He graduated from the Basic Department of the Military Academy of the PLA in 1981.

He was elevated to the deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region in 1985. He spent months studying national defense at PLA National Defense University in 1986. He was promoted to the position of commander of the Chengdu Military Region and the vice Party secretary there in 1995. From 1999 to 2001, he took graduate classes in Sociology at Peking University. In 2002, he was appointed the director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA and a member of the of the Party, and a year later, of the state.

He has been a member of the , and .

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