Cai Yingting
| Cai Yingting | |
|---|---|
| 蔡英挺 | |
 Cai Yingting greeted by U.S. General Herbert J. Carlisle in Pearl Harbor, August 2012 | |
| President of the PLA Academy of Military Science | |
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Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gao Jin |
| Commander of Nanjing Military Region | |
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In office October 2012 – February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Zhao Keshi |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1954 (age 61) Jinjiang, Fujian, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 China |
| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1970 − present |
| Rank |
 General |
| Commands | Nanjing Military Region |
Cai Yingting (Chinese: 蔡英挺; born April 1954) is a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), who serves as President of the PLA Academy of Military Science. He formerly served as Commander of the Nanjing Military Region from 2012 to 2016.
Biography
Cai Yingting was born in April 1954 in Jinjiang, Fujian Province. He joined the PLA in 1970. Cai served for many years in Fujian province, and was known to have deep knowledge of the military situation in Taiwan.[1] In 1996, when then Central Military Commission vice chairman Zhang Wannian was dispatched to the Nanjing Military Region to oversee military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, Cai became his secretary. He was also named deputy director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission.[1]
In 2002, Cai returned to the Nanjing MR to serve as deputy chief of staff. In 2011 he was recalled to Beijing to serve as Deputy Chief of the General Staff, the youngest officer of Military Region-level at the time.[1]
Cai served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2011 until 2012. In 2012, Cai made a visit to the United States, including a stop at the U.S. military base at Fort Hood, Texas, and at Pearl Harbor. The visit led to speculation that he was due for further promotion, perhaps to the position of executive deputy chief of general staff.[2] Later that year, Cai was appointed Commander of the Nanjing Military Region. He attained the rank of general (shang jiang) in July 2013.[3][4] He is a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[3][4]
Some analysts consider Cai one of President Xi Jinping's most trusted allies in the military. He had served as Commander of the Xiamen-based 31st Group Army of the Nanjing Military Region, considered Xi's "royal army". Several of his former deputies in the Nanjing MR, including General Song Puxuan, General Wang Jiaocheng, and Lt. General Qin Weijiang, have been promoted to higher positions.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "蔡英挺执掌军校 原军区司令员去向俱全[图]". Duowei. February 3, 2016.
- ↑ "Analysis: Lieutenant General Cai Yingting's United States visit signals promotion". August 23, 2012.
- 1 2 蔡英挺 (in Chinese). Phoenix New Media. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Cai Yingting". China Vitae. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ Cheng Li (August 2015). "Promoting "Young Guards": The Recent High Turnover in the PLA Leadership (Part I: Purges and Reshuffles)" (PDF). China Leadership Monitor (48): 10–11.
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