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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

03/02/10	Chen Bingde met with Nguyen Chi Vinh, deputy defense minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
01/07/10	Chen Deming met with Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan.
11/14/09	Chen Bingde met with Kirgizbaev Bulat, vice chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan.
08/20/09	Chen Bingde met with U.S. Chief of Staff of the Army George Casey.
08/17/09	Chen Bingde met with Raymundo Cerqueira, commander of Land Operation of Brazilian Armed Forces.