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Joint Staff Department (China)

{{Short description|Chinese military command structure}}

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| agency_name = Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission

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| nativename_a = 中央军委联合参谋部

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| preceding1 = People's Liberation Army General Staff Department

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| jurisdiction = People's Liberation Army

| headquarters = "August 1st Building", Beijing

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| chief1_name = General Liu Zhenli{{cite news |url=https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20220923-%E6%B8%AF%E5%AA%92%E7%A7%B0%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E6%96%B0%E7%8F%AD%E5%AD%90%E6%90%AD%E6%88%90-%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E5%89%AF%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E6%8D%A2%E4%BA%BA |script-title=zh:港媒称习近平军委新班子搭成 军委副主席换人 |work=rfi.fr |date=23 September 2022 |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008161759/https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20220923-%E6%B8%AF%E5%AA%92%E7%A7%B0%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E6%96%B0%E7%8F%AD%E5%AD%90%E6%90%AD%E6%88%90-%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E5%89%AF%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E6%8D%A2%E4%BA%BA |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author1=Yang An ({{lang|zh|杨安}}) |url=https://www.voachinese.com/a/the-lineup-of-the-ccp-s-central-military-commission-20221023/6801998.html |script-title=zh:中共二十大报道：新任中央军委成员出炉,“台海帮”得势 |work=voachinese.com |date=24 October 2022 |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023204211/https://www.voachinese.com/a/the-lineup-of-the-ccp-s-central-military-commission-20221023/6801998.html/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/zh/%E8%B7%AF%E9%80%8F%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%8A%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E4%B8%BA%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%AF%B9%E5%8F%B0%E8%A1%8C%E5%8A%A8%E6%8F%90%E4%BE%9B%E5%87%9D%E8%81%9A%E5%8A%9B/a-63574589 |script-title=zh:路透：新一届中央军委为可能的对台行动提供凝聚力 |work=dw.com |date=27 October 2022 |access-date=4 January 2023 |language=zh |archive-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104020458/https://www.dw.com/zh/%E8%B7%AF%E9%80%8F%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%80%E5%B1%8A%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E5%86%9B%E5%A7%94%E4%B8%BA%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E7%9A%84%E5%AF%B9%E5%8F%B0%E8%A1%8C%E5%8A%A8%E6%8F%90%E4%BE%9B%E5%87%9D%E8%81%9A%E5%8A%9B/a-63574589 |url-status=live }}

| chief1_position = Chief of Staff

| chief2_name = General Xu Qiling{{Cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=Chinese and Australian militaries revive suspended talks as tensions rise |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3299139/chinese-and-australian-militaries-revive-suspended-defence-talks-tensions-escalate |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

| chief2_position = Deputy Chief of Staff

| chief3_name = Lt General Jing Jianfeng{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2025-03-29 |title=中央军委联合参谋部副参谋长景建峰 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/JRR0T4EG05563DJA.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.163.com}}

| chief3_position = Deputy Chief of Staff

| agency_type = Functional department of the Central Military Commission

| parent_department = Central Military Commission

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The Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (JSDCMC) ({{lang-zh |s = 中央军委联合参谋部 }}) is the command organ and the headquarters for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), superseding the former PLA General Staff Department (GSD).{{cite web |title=国防部新闻事务局官微发布中央军委机关英文译名 |url=http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20160115/t20160115_521144381.shtml |access-date=2016-01-15 |website=People's Daily |archive-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126200617/http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20160115/t20160115_521144381.shtml |url-status=live }} It was established on 11 January 2016, under the military reforms of Central Military Commission (CMC) chairman Xi Jinping.{{cite web |title=Xi urges reorganized military organs to focus on winning wars |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2016-01/11/c_134998950.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111160013/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2016-01/11/c_134998950.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=2016-01-11 |website=Xinhua}}

Headquartered in Beijing, the Joint Staff Department (JSD) is under the absolute leadership of the CMC and likely serves as an institutional link between members of the CMC and post-2016 PLA theater commands. According to the JSD, its main duties include carrying out combat support planning and combat command support, studying and formulating military strategy and requirements, organizing combat capability assessment, arranging and instructing joint training; and combat readiness and routine war preparedness work.{{Cite web |title=Ministry of National Defense: CMC |url=http://eng.mod.gov.cn/cmc/index.htm |website=Official Website of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619122414/http://eng.mod.gov.cn/cmc/index.htm |url-status=live }}

Organization

Prior to the 2016 transition, the General Staff Department comprised the following bureaus:

  • Combat Operations Command
  • Combat Communications
  • Intelligence
  • Mobilization
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Foreign Relations
  • Management

Within the present Joint Staff Department are the following bureaus:

  • General Office (办公厅)
  • Guard Bureau (警卫局){{cite book |last = Guo |first = Xuezhi |year = 2012 |title = China's Security State: Philosophy, Evolution, and Politics |publisher = Cambridge University Press |location = New York, NY |isbn = 9781107023239 }}
  • Political Work Bureau (政治工作局){{Cite web |title=我区举办庆祝中国人民解放军建军92周年活动 |trans-title=Our district held activities to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army |url=https://www.bjxch.gov.cn/xcdt/xxxq/pnidpv826855.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=People's Government of Xicheng District, Beijing. [北京市西城区人民政府]}}
  • Operations Bureau (作战局){{Cite web |date=2022-04-15 |title=官方披露，中央军委联合参谋部作战局局长已换人 张践 贾建成 |trans-title=Officially disclosed that the director of the Joint Staff of the Central Military Commission has been replaced Zhang Jian He Jiancheng |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/538301510_137462 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.sohu.com (from Beijing Youth Daily)}}
  • Strategic Campaign Training Bureau (战略战役训练局){{Cite web |title=军委联合参谋部战略战役训练局领导就发布《中国人民解放军联合作战纲要（试行）》答记者问 - 中华人民共和国国防部 |url=http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/jwlhcmb_214034/4874700.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.mod.gov.cn}}
  • Intelligence Bureau (情报局)
  • Navigation Bureau (导航局){{Cite web |date=2016-02-19 |title=原总参测绘导航局局长薛贵江少将任军委联合参谋部战保局局长 |trans-title=Major General Xue Guijiang, Director of the former General Staff Department's Bureau of Surveying, Mapping and Navigation, and Director of the Battle Protection Bureau of the Joint Staff of the Military Commission. |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1433620 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The Paper}}{{Cite web |title=军委联合参谋部内设机构渐次亮相，包括作战、战保、导航等局_中国政库_澎湃新 |trans-title=The internal organs of the Joint Staff of the Military Commission have gradually appeared, including the Bureau of Operations, Battlefield Protection, Navigation, and other bureaus |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1454680 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20171126100434/http://www.thepaper.cn:80/newsDetail_forward_1454680 |archive-date=2017-11-26 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The Paper}}
  • Information and Communications Bureau (信息通信局){{Cite web |title=这些你不知道的军委神秘部门，军改之后都在陆续曝光 |trans-title=The mysterious departments of the Central Military Committee that you didn't know are being exposed after the military reform. |url=https://www.jfdaily.com/wx/detail.do?id=14497 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625014432/https://www.jfdaily.com/wx/detail.do?id=14497 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.jfdaily.com}}
  • Battlefield Environmental Protection Bureau (战场环境保障局){{Cite web |title=中央军委联合参谋部战场环境保障局少将局长翟跃欢一行来校考察地图博物馆-郑州大学 |url=https://www5.zzu.edu.cn/ysyx/info/1029/3522.htm |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www5.zzu.edu.cn |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613201806/http://www5.zzu.edu.cn/ysyx/info/1029/3522.htm |url-status=live }}
  • Military Requirements Bureau (军事需求局){{Cite web |title=2016年5月政务大事记 |url=http://www.zunyi.gov.cn/zwgk/jcxxgk/zfgb/2016/dlq_06/201608/t20160809_423057.html |date=2016-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014417/http://www.zunyi.gov.cn/zwgk/jcxxgk/zfgb/2016/dlq_06/201608/t20160809_423057.html |archive-date=2017-02-02 |publisher=中国遵义}}{{Cite web |title=长沙县开慧通用机场项目开工 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2016-09/29/c_129306184.htm |date=2016-09-29 |language= |author= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929055430/http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2016-09/29/c_129306184.htm |archive-date=2016-09-29 |accessdate= |publisher=新华网 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=实战化：不辱使命磨砺胜战之刃 |url=http://mil.sohu.com/20160617/n454872964.shtml?_t_t_t=0.9692052798345685 |date=2016-06-17 |language= |author= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512171504/http://mil.sohu.com/20160617/n454872964.shtml?_t_t_t=0.9692052798345685 |archive-date=2019-05-12 |publisher=搜狐 |url-status=live}}

The Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff Department, formerly the 2nd Bureau or '2PLA' under the GSD, is the most well-known bureau subordinate to the JSD for its role in espionage.{{Cite web |title=Second [Intelligence] Department - PLA - Chinese Intelligence Agencies |url=https://irp.fas.org/world/china/pla/dept_2.htm |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=irp.fas.org |archive-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204024205/https://irp.fas.org/world/china/pla/dept_2.htm |url-status=live }}

List of chiefs

Since 2022, the Chief of Joint Staff Department is General Liu Zhenli. The current deputy chiefs are Lieutenant General Xu Qiling, and Major General Shao Yuanming. Prior to the 2016 rename, department heads were referred to in English as Chief of the General Staff or Chief of the General Staff Department.{{Cite news |title=Delegation led by Chinese People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff General Fang Fen |url=https://www.ndu.edu/News/Article-View/Article/572623/delegation-led-by-chinese-peoples-liberation-army-chief-of-general-staff-genera/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241214012451/https://www.ndu.edu/News/Article-View/Article/572623/delegation-led-by-chinese-peoples-liberation-army-chief-of-general-staff-genera/ |archive-date=2024-12-14 |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=National Defense University |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=China's New Military Leadership and the Challenges It Faces {{!}} The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) |url=https://www.nbr.org/publication/chinas-new-military-leadership-and-the-challenges-it-faces/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |language=en}}{{Officeholder table start

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| order = 1

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| military_rank = Senior General

| officeholder = Su Yu
粟裕

| officeholder_sort = Yu, Su

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| born_year = 1907

| died_year = 1984

| term_start = October 1954{{cite book|last=Su|first=Yu|title=Sùyù Huíyìlù (Memoirs of Su Yu)| year=2005|publisher=知识产权出版社}}

| term_end = October 1958

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1954|10|1|1958|10|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 2

| image = Huang Kecheng.jpg

| military_rank = Senior General

| officeholder = Huang Kecheng
黄克诚

| officeholder_sort = Kecheng, Huang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1902

| died_year = 1986

| term_start = October 1958）{{cite web |title=中共中央、中纪委、中央军委讣告 黄克诚同志逝世 |url=https://cn.govopendata.com/renminribao/1986/12/30/1/#748876 |website=人民日报 |accessdate=2023-06-03 |date=1986-12-30 |archive-date=2023-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607134749/https://cn.govopendata.com/renminribao/1986/12/30/1/#748876 |url-status=live }}

| term_end = September 1959

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1958|10|1|1959|9|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 3

| image = Luo Ruiqing.jpg

| military_rank = Senior General

| officeholder = Luo Ruiqing
罗瑞卿

| officeholder_sort = Ruiqing, Luo

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| born_year = 1906

| died_year = 1978

| term_start = September 1959{{cite book |title = 将帅从这里起步 |author=张植信 等 编著 |year=1988 |page =167 |location=沈阳 |publisher=辽宁人民出版社 |isbn = 7-205-00393-8}}

| term_end = December 1965

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1959|9|1|1965|12|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 4

| image = Yangchengwu.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Yang Chengwu
杨成武

| officeholder_sort = Chengwu, Yang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1914

| died_year = 2004

| term_start = December 1965{{cite web |author=苏振兰 |title=杨成武上将在总参谋部的岁月 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/68742/70427/70428/8145799.html |language=zh-cn |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015005708/http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/68742/70427/70428/8145799.html |archivedate=2014-10-15 |publisher=人民网 |accessdate=2014-10-15}}

| term_end = March 1968

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1965|12|1|1968|3|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 5

| image = Huang Yongsheng.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Huang Yongsheng
黄永胜

| officeholder_sort = Yongsheng, Huang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1910

| died_year = 2004

| term_start = March 1968{{Cite web |title=黃永勝--資料中心--中國共產黨新聞網 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/BIG5/64162/126778/127857/7592773.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=cpc.people.com.cn |archive-date=30 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030230823/http://cpc.people.com.cn/BIG5/64162/126778/127857/7592773.html |url-status=live }}

| term_end = September 1971

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1968|3|1|1971|9|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| military_rank =

| officeholder = Deng Xiaoping
邓小平

| officeholder_sort = Xiaoping, Deng

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1904

| died_year = 1997

| term_start = January 1975

| term_end = March 1980

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1975|1|1|1980|3|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 7

| image = Yangdezhi.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Yang Dezhi
杨得志

| officeholder_sort = Dezhi, Yang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1911

| died_year = 1994

| term_start = March 1980{{cite journal|author1=夏远生|title=从红一团团长到总参谋长——著名军事家杨得志|year=2010|journal=党史文汇|issue=4}}

| term_end = November 1987

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1980|3|1|1987|11|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 8

| image = Chi Haotian.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Chi Haotian
迟浩田

| officeholder_sort = Haotian, Chi

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1929

| died_year =

| term_start = November 1987{{Cite web |title=迟浩田--七一导航—党员干部上网指南--人民网 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/daohang/n/2013/0226/c357263-20607380.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=cpc.people.com.cn |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511162208/http://cpc.people.com.cn/daohang/n/2013/0226/c357263-20607380.html |url-status=live }}

| term_end = November 1992

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1987|11|1|1992|11|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 9

| image = Zhang-Wannian.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Zhang Wannian
张万年

| officeholder_sort = Wannian, Zhang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1928

| died_year = 2015

| term_start = November 1992{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-01/16/content_240556.htm|title=张万年簡歷|publisher=新華网|date=2002-01-16|accessdate=2015-01-14|archive-date=2015-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115094531/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-01/16/content_240556.htm|url-status=live}}

| term_end = September 1995

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1992|11|1|1995|9|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 10

| image =

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Fu Quanyou
傅全有

| officeholder_sort = Quanyou, Fu

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1930

| died_year =

| term_start = September 1995{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2024-01-17 |title=傅全有：由军长直接晋升为大军区司令，当了7年解放军总参谋长 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/IO3MESMH05560W9D.html |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.163.com}}

| term_end = November 2002

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1995|9|1|2002|11|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 11

| image = Liang Guanglie 2012.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Liang Guanglie
梁光烈

| officeholder_sort = Guanglie, Liang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1940

| died_year =2024

| term_start = November 2002{{Cite web |last=吕俐缘 |title=梁光烈同志生平 |url=https://www.gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/202411/content_6987937.htm |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=中国政府网 www.gov.cn |archive-date=31 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331014859/https://www.gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/202411/content_6987937.htm |url-status=live }}

| term_end = September 2007

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2002|11|1|2007|9|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

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| order = 12

| image = Gen. Chen Bingde.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Chen Bingde
陈炳德

| officeholder_sort = Bingde, Chen

| officeholder_note = {{in lang|zh}} [http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25/chenbingde/ RFA: 陈炳德晋升为中国军队总参谋长] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070627201724/http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/25/chenbingde/ |date=2007-06-27 }}

| born_year = 1941

| died_year =

| term_start = September 2007{{Cite web |url=http://military.people.com.cn/GB/8221/7007550.html |title=陈炳德简历 人民网 2008年03月17日 |accessdate=2011-05-17 |archive-date=2011-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120235736/http://military.people.com.cn/GB/8221/7007550.html |url-status=live }}

| term_end = October 2012

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2007|9|1|2012|10|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 13

| image = FangFenghui.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Fang Fenghui
房峰辉

| officeholder_sort = Fenghui, Fang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1951

| died_year =

| term_start = October 2012{{cite web|url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/jfjrsbd/content-3/detail_2012_10/25/18555565_0.shtml|title=房峰辉任总参谋长：曾任国庆阅兵总指挥|accessdate=2012-10-25|date=2012-10-25|publisher=凤凰网|archive-date=2012-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025093543/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/jfjrsbd/content-3/detail_2012_10/25/18555565_0.shtml|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1417770|title=原总参谋长房峰辉上将任军委联合参谋部参谋长|date=2016-01-14|newspaper=澎湃新闻|accessdate=2016-01-14|archive-date=2016-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116071033/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1417770|url-status=live}}

| term_end = January 2016

| timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|2012|10|1|2016|1|1}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

}}

|- style="text-align:center;"

|colspan=7|General Staff Department is renamed to Joint Staff Department

|-

{{Officeholder table

| order = 14

| image = FangFenghui.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Fang Fenghui
房峰辉

| officeholder_sort = Fenghui, Fang

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1951

| died_year =

| term_start = 11 January 2016The Wall Street Journal, Oct 26-28, 2012, p. 3.

| term_end = 26 August 2017

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|1|11|2017|8|26}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 15

| image = Adm. John Richardson and Gen. Li Zuocheng (cropped).jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Li Zuocheng
李作成

| officeholder_sort = Zuocheng, Li

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1953

| died_year =

| term_start = 26 August 2017{{Cite web |url = http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1775796 |script-title = zh:中央军委联合参谋部参谋长李作成会见巴基斯坦陆军参谋长 |date = 2017-08-26 |website = Thepaper.cn |language = zh |access-date = 19 April 2025 |archive-date = 20 January 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210120000948/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1775796 |url-status = live }}

| term_end = 16 October 2022

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2017|8|26|2022|10|16}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 16

| image = Liu Zhenli 2025.jpg

| military_rank = General

| officeholder = Liu Zhenli
刘振立

| officeholder_sort = Zhenli, Liu

| officeholder_note =

| born_year = 1964

| died_year =

| term_start = 6 March 2023

| term_end =

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2023|3|6}}

| defence_branch = {{army|China|name=PLA Ground Force}}

}}

{{Officeholder table end}}

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