Pei Huailiang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xingxian, Shanxi province. He was born in 1941, joined the PLA and the CPC in 1961. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1988, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1995. Pei served successively as an amanuensis, acting platoon leader, combat training staff of army command, deputy battalion commander, battalion commander, regimental chief of staff, and regimental commander of the PLA. He was elected president of the University of National Defense in 2003.
Pei Huailiang was an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is now a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC.