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Biography Highlight

Chen Bingde, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1941 and holds the equivalent of a an associate the degree from the Academy of Military Sciences. Chen joined the PLA in 1961 and the CPC in 1962.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2005—	Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC
2004—2007	Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department CPC, Party Committee
2004—2007	Director-General, PLA, General Armaments Department
2004—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—	General, PLA
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1999—2004	Secretary, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region CPC, Party Committee Shandong Province, Jinan City

Recent Travel & Appearances

07/03/10	Chen Bingde met with Gary Anthony Rodwell Best, chief of the Defense Staff of Guyana.
06/29/10	Chen Bingde met with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ethiopia, Samora Yenus.
06/09/10	Chen Bingde met with Norwegian Chief of Navy Staff Haakon Bruun-Hassen.
06/04/10	Chen Bingde met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.
05/31/10	Chen Bingde met with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.