Liao Xilong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liao.

Liao Xilong
廖锡龙
Head of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department
In office November 2002 – October 2012
Preceded by	Wang Ke
Succeeded by	Zhao Keshi
Commander of Chengdu Military Region
In office 1995 – November 2002
Preceded by	Wei Fulin
Succeeded by	Wang Jianmin
Personal details
Born	June 1940 (age 84) Sinan, Guizhou, 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	1959–2013
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Sino-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)

Liao Xilong (simplified Chinese: 廖锡龙; traditional Chinese: 廖錫龍; pinyin: Liào Xílóng; born June 1940) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army.

Biography

Liao was born in Sinan, Guizhou Province. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1959, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in February 1963. He graduated from the Basic Department of the Military Academy of the PLA in 1981.

He was elevated to the deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region in 1985. He spent months studying national defense at PLA National Defense University in 1986. He was promoted to the position of commander of the Chengdu Military Region and the CCP Deputy Committee Secretary there in 1995. From 1999 to 2001, he took graduate classes in Sociology at Peking University. In 2002, he was appointed the director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA and a member of the Central Military Commission of the CCP, and a year later, of the state.

Liao was a member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.