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Chen Bingde, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1941 and holds the equivalent of a technical college degree. Chen joined the PLA in 1961 and the CPC in 1962.

A section chief of the Military Training Section, Chen was a division commander and deputy commander in the 1980s. He joined the Nanjing Military Region as chief of staff in 1985 and was promoted to major general in 1988.

A year after receiving his lieutenant general stars, Chen became the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region. He served concurrently as deputy secretary of the command's Party committee. A member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Chen was made commander-in-chief of the Jinan Military Region in 1999. He became a member of the CPC Central Military Commission and Director-General of the PLA General Armaments Department in 2004.

In 2007, he became chief of the PLA Headquarters of the General Staff, a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission.

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