Li Shangfu
Li Shangfu, male, Han ethnicity, was born in February of 1958 and is from Xingguo, Jiangxi Province, China. He began his first job in May 1974, joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in August 1982 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1980. He graduated from the Department of Control Theory and Control Engineering, Chongqing University and holds a Doctor of Engineering degree.
Li Shangfu is currently a member of the 20th CPC Central Committee, a member of the CPC Central Military Commission, a member of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, State Councilor, a member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council, and Defense Minister. He holds the rank of general in the PLA Army.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu met with Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Vice Prime Minister and Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Bemba in Beijing on May 27.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu had a phone conversation with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, using the direct telephone link under the maritime and air liaison mechanism between the Chinese and Japanese defense departments for the first time, on Tuesday afternoon.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu met with Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi, Chief of the Naval Staff of Pakistani Navy, in Beijing on the morning of May 8.
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu said here on Friday that China is ready to cooperate with other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to build a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu, who is attending the meeting of the Council of the Defense Ministers of the SCO member states in New Delhi, India, met with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on April 27.
General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), met with Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir in Beijing on the afternoon of April 26.
