Zhang Youxia

General
Zhang Youxia
General Zhang Youxia
张又侠
	Zhang in December 2017
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; State Commission: ; 19 March 2018 ; Party Commission: ; 25 October 2017 Serving with Xu Qiliang and He Weidong
Chairman	Xi Jinping
Head of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission
	In office; January 2016 – August 2017
Succeeded by	Li Shangfu
Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department
	In office; October 2012 – January 2016
Preceded by	Chang Wanquan
Personal details
Born	July 1950 (age 73); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Parent	Zhang Zongxun
Alma mater	PLA Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1968–present
Rank	General
Unit	Central Military Commission; Central Leading Group for Military Reform
Commands	CMC Equipment Development Department (2015–2017); PLA General Armaments Department (2012–2015); Shenyang Military Region (2007–2012); 13th Group Army (2000–2005)
Battles/wars	Sino-Vietnamese War (1979); Battle of Laoshan (1984)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	张又侠
Traditional Chinese	張又俠
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Yòuxiá

Zhang Youxia (Chinese: 张又侠; born July 1950) is a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and currently the first-ranked Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC).^[1] He previously served as Head of the CMC Equipment Development Department, and its predecessor, the PLA General Armaments Department, from 2012 to 2017.^[2] He is the son of General Zhang Zongxun. He is a veteran of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and one of the few serving generals in China with war experience.^[3]