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.
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko met with the visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu in Minsk on August 17, local time.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu attended the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) and delivered a speech on August 15.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu met with Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistani Air Force (PAF), in Beijing on the morning of July 25, 2023.
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Tuesday.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu met with Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov in Beijing on Monday.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Li Shangfu met with Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang in Beijing on Tuesday.
