Xu Caihou

Xu Caihou, male, 59, Han nationality, a native of Wafangdian, Liaoning Province, was born in June 1943. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1971 and the army in August 1963, graduated from the Electronics Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering; with a university education, he holds the military rank as General. He is now member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, executive deputy director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy Party secretary of the PLA General Political Department. 1963-1968 Student of the Electronics Engineering Department of the Harbin Institute of Military Engineering 1968-1970 Sent to the farm of the 39th Army to do manual labor 1970-1971 Sent as a soldier to the 6th Company, the Second Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Independent Division of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command 1971-1972 Deputy Political Instructor of the Second Company of the First Battalion of the Third Artillery Regiment of the Third Division of the Garrison of the Shenyang Military Area Command 1972-1982 Secretary and deputy chief of the Personnel Division of the Political Department of the Jilin Military Area Command (studied as a trainee at the PLA Institute of Political Sciences from October 1980 to August 1982) 1982-1983 Chief of the Personnel Division of the Political Department of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command and concurrently chief of the office for retirees 1983-1984 Deputy director of the Political Department of the Jilin Provincial Military Area Command 1984-1985 Director of the Mass Work Section of the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Area Command 1985-1990 Director of the Political Department of the 16th Group Army of the Ground Force 1990-1992 Political Commissar of the 16th Group Army of the Ground Force 1992-1993 Assistant to the director of the PLA General Political Department 1993-1993 Assistant to the director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently director of the Liberation Army Daily 1993-1994 Deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently director of the Liberation Army Daily 1994-1996 Deputy Director of the PLA General Political Department 1996-1999 Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command 1999-2000 Member of the Central Military Commission and executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department 2000-2002 Member of the Central Military Commission and executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA General Political Department 2002- Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA General Political Department September 2004: Elected vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.He served as a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and is now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.