Zheng Weiping

Zheng Weiping (Chinese: 郑卫平; pinyin: Zhèng Wèipíng; born 1955) is a general (shang jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China and the current Political Commissar of the Strategic Support Force. He previously served as Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region (2012–2016) and Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command (2016–2017).

Biography

Zheng was born in Wanrong County, Shanxi province. He served at one point as secretary to General Li Jinai. In 2003 he began a stint overseeing political education at the National Defence University. In 2005 he became political commissar of the 41st Group Army. In 2007, he became the head of the political department of the Guangzhou Military Region. In October 2012 he was appointed political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region. On 31 July 2015, Zheng was promoted to general (shang jiang), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service.

In 2016 Zheng became the inaugural political commissar of the newly established Eastern Theater Command. In September 2017 he was appointed political commissar of the Strategic Support Force, replacing Genenral Liu Fulian. He Ping succeeded Zheng as the Eastern TC commissar..

Zheng has been a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.