List of generals of China

This is a list of marshals and full generals and admirals of the People's Republic of China, including all branches of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police.

Marshals (元帅)

Main article: Yuan shuai

Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Marshal (yuan shuai) in 1955.[1] The rank was never awarded again.

Army Generals (大将）

Main article: Da jiang

Ten PLA officers were awarded the rank of Army General/Fleet Admiral (da jiang) in 1955.[2] The rank was never awarded again.

Generals (上将, 1955)

Source:[3]

Generals (上将, 1988-Present)

Since the restoration of military ranks in 1988, the People's Liberation Army rank of shang jiang (上将: literally, "senior general") is translated as General.

On 14 September 1988, 17 officers were promoted to the rank:

On 7 June 1993, 6 officers were promoted to General:

On 8 June 1994, 16 officers were promoted to General:

On 23 January 1996, 4 officers were promoted to General:

On 27 March 1998, 9 officers were promoted to General:

On 29 September 1999, two officers were promoted to General:

On 21 June 2000, 16 officers were promoted to General:

On 2 June 2002, 7 officers were promoted to General:

On 20 June 2004, 14 officers were promoted to General:

On 25 September 2004, 2 officers were promoted to General:[4]

On 24 June 2006, 10 officers were promoted to General:[5]

On 6 July 2007, 3 officers were promoted to General:[6]

On 2 November 2007, 1 officer was promoted to General:[7]

On 15 July 2008, 3 officers were promoted to General:[8]

On 20 July 2009, 3 officers were promoted to General:[9]

On 19 July 2010, 10 officers were promoted to General:[10]

On 23 July 2011, 5 officers were promoted to General:[11]

On 30 July 2012, 6 officers were promoted to General:[12]

On 23 November 2012, 1 officer was promoted to General:[13]

On 31 July 2013, 6 officers were promoted to General:[14]

On 11 July 2014, 4 officers were promoted to General:[15]

On 31 July 2015, 10 officers were promoted to General:[16]

On 29 July 2016, 2 officers were promoted to General:

On 28 July 2017, 5 officers were promoted to General:[17]

On 2 November 2017, one officer was promoted to General:[18]

On 31 July 2019, 10 officers were promoted to General:[19]

On 12 December 2019, 7 officers were promoted to General:[20]

On 29 July 2020, one officer was promoted to General:[21]

On 18 December 2020, 4 officers were promoted to General:[22]

On 5 July 2021, 4 officers were promoted to General:[23]

On 6 September 2021, 5 officers were promoted to General:[24]

On 21 January 2022, 7 officers were promoted to General:[25]

On 8 September 2022, 1 officer was promoted to General:[26]

On 18 January 2023, 1 officer was promoted to General:[27]

On 28 June 2023, 2 officers were promoted to General:[28]

On 31 July 2023, 2 officers were promoted to General:[29]

On 25 December 2023, 2 officers were promoted to General:[30]

On 28 March 2024, 2 officers were promoted to General:[31]

On 9 July 2024, 1 officer was promoted to General:[32]

On 23 December 2024, 1 officer was promoted to General:[33]

On 22nd December 2025, 2 officers were promoted to General:[34]

  • Yang Zhibin
  • Han Shengyan

References

  1. ^ Marshals PRC Ministry of Defense
  2. ^ Army Generals PRC Ministry of Defense
  3. ^ Generals eng.mod.gov.cn
  4. ^ Promotions to help Hu build armed forces base telegraphindia.com
  5. ^ China confers rank of general to 10 officers english.gov.cn
  6. ^ Xu Qiliang ,Sun Dafa and Wu Shengli promoted to General Archived 28 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine news.163.com
  7. ^ Head of PLA general armaments department promoted general news.xinhuanet.com
  8. ^ (in Chinese)Liu Zhenqi, Huang Xianzhong and Fan Changlong Promoted to General chinanews.com
  9. ^ (in Chinese)Ma Xiaotian,Liu Yuan and Zhang Haiyang promoted to General Archived 28 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine news.163.com
  10. ^ (in Chinese)Hu Jintao promotes PLA Generals news.xinhuanet.com
  11. ^ China promotes 6 generals, bringing total to 191 news.xinhuanet.com
  12. ^ China promotes 6 officers to general news.xinhuanet.com
  13. ^ Xi Jinping promotes PLA general chinadaily.com.cn
  14. ^ "China promotes 6 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
  15. ^ "China promotes 4 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  16. ^ "China promotes 10 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015.
  17. ^ "China promotes 5 officers to general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018.
  18. ^ "China promotes military anti-graft chief to general". Xinhua News Agency. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018.
  19. ^ "10 Chinese officers promoted to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019.
  20. ^ "7 Chinese military officers promoted to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Xi Focus: Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers". Xinhua News Agency. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Xi promotes four military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 5 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Xi presents orders to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 6 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Xi presents orders to promote military, armed police officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 21 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 8 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Xi presents certificate of order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 18 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 June 2023.
  29. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2023.
  30. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 25 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 28 March 2024.
  32. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 9 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Xi presents order to promote military officer to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. 23 December 2024.
  34. ^ "Xi presents orders to promote two military officers to rank of general". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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