Ren Haiquan

Ren Haiquan (Chinese: 任海泉; born October 1950) is a Chinese military officer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army. He served as vice president of the People's Liberation Army National Defense University and later as vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences. Ren is a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has authored several works on military command, political thought, and strategic studies, and has published numerous articles in the fields of military science and political theory.^[1]

Ren Haiquan was born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, in October 1950. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in March 1968 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1969. After completing his secondary education at Nantong Middle School, he later graduated from the strategic program of the People's Liberation Army National Defense University. Ren later joined the National Defense University, where he served successively as director of a teaching and research department, provost, and vice president. He also headed the leading group of the Research Center for the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. In December 2011, he was appointed vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences.^[1][2]

Ren has written extensively on military command and political theory, and several of his courses have been designated as national- and PLA-level exemplary courses.^[3] His representative works include Military Command Studies and A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Political Thought. Ren was promoted to major general in July 2000 and to lieutenant general in July 2010.^[2] He was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[4] In 2012, he led the Chinese delegation to the 11th Shangri-La Dialogue, where he articulated China's position on issues including the South China Sea.^[5]