Li Andong

Li Andong
Li Andong
李安东
Deputy Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department
	In office; December 2000 – 2014
Head	Cao Gangchuan
Personal details
Born	July 1946 (age 77); Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Harbin Military Academy of Engineering
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1965–2014
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	李安东
Traditional Chinese	李安東
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Āndōng

Li Andong (Chinese: 李安东; born July 1946) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]^[2]

Biography[edit]

Li was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi, in July 1946. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1965. He graduated from Harbin Military Academy of Engineering (now National University of Defense Technology), majoring in aviation. After university in 1970, he was despatched to the PLA Air Force. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1973. He was transferred to the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in June 1985, becoming head of its Equipment Division in February 1993. In August 1998, he became assistant head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department, rising to deputy head in December 2000.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 1995, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2002, and general (shangjiang) in July 2010.

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