Huang Ming
黄铭
Commander of the Central Theater Command
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2023
Preceded by	Wu Yanan
Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
In office September 2021 – January 2023
Preceded by	Liu Zhenli
Succeeded by	TBA
Commander of the 81st Group Army
In office March 2017 – June 2019
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Wu Aimin
Commander of the 75th Group Army
In office July 2016 – March 2017
Preceded by	Li Qiaoming
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chief of staff of the 78th Group Army
In office 2013–2016
Preceded by	Zhang Xuefeng
Succeeded by	Ding Laifu
Personal details
Born	April 1963 (age 61) Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1980–present
Rank	General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃 銘
Simplified Chinese	黄 铭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Míng

Huang Ming ( Chinese: 黄铭; born April 1963) is a general ( shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been serving as commander of the Central Theater Command since January 2023. He previously served as chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force from September 2021 to January 2023, and formerly served as commander of the 81st Group Army.

Huang is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.^{[ citation needed]}

Biography

Huang was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1980, after high school. He served as chief of staff of the 78th Group Army before serving as commander of the 75th Group Army. In March 2017 he was appointed commander of the 81st Group Army, ^[1] and held that office until June 2019, when he was promoted to become deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. ^[2]

He was promoted to the rank of major general ( shaojiang) in July 2014, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019. ^[3] and general (shangjiang) in January 2023. ^[4]

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