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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

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

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.

Senior generals (shang Jiang, 1955)

Generals (14 September 1988)

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

Generals (7 June 1993)

Generals (8 June 1994)

Generals (23 January 1996)

Generals (27 March 1998)

Generals (29 September 1999)

Generals (21 June 2000)

Generals (2 June 2002)

Generals (20 June 2004)

Generals (25 September 2004)

Generals (24 June 2006)

Generals (6 July 2007)

Generals (2 November 2007)

Generals (15 July 2008)

Generals (20 July 2009)

Generals (19 July 2010)

Generals (23 July 2011)

Generals (30 July 2012)

Generals (23 November 2012)

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 were promoted to general:[26]

On 18 January 2023, 1 officer were 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]

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.
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