Reshuffle of leading PLA officers continues
More senior officials have switched jobs in the People's Liberation Army amid an ongoing major reshuffle.
More senior officials have switched jobs in the People's Liberation Army amid an ongoing major reshuffle.
Observers have suggested the changes are a consequence of President Xi Jinping's crackdown on PLA corruption .
Ma Yiming, chief of staff at the Jinan Military Region, has been named assistant chief of the General Staff, the financial news service Caixin reported, citing Tuesday's .
Ma, 57, had served his entire army career in the Jinan Military Region since joining in 1974. He became its chief of staff in 2012, Caixin said.
Zhou Songhe, chief of staff of the Headquarters of the General Logistics Department, would be promoted to department deputy director, replacing Qin Yinhe, who was reaching retirement age, Caixin reported.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Zhang Shibo , commander of the Beijing Military Region, has been named president of the PLA's National Defence University, its most senior military school. Zhang attended a meeting with Central Military Commission vice-chairman Fan Changlong at the university on Tuesday, Xinhua said.