Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/30/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Wang Yongning 王永宁
Standing Committee Member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee, Ranked Lieutenant General
Born: 1929
Birthplace: Shaanxi Province, Yijun County
Biography Highlight
Wang Yongning, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yijun, Shaanxi Province. He was born in 1929, joined the CPC in 1945, and graduated from the PLA Politics Academy in 1962.Wang Yongning has spent over 60 years with the PLA Army. He joined the 8th Route Army in 1940 and fought in the in the Liberation War from 1945-1949 in both the summer and winter offenses. Wang served in a variety of posts with the PLA: political commissar of the PLA Guilin Army Academy, as a lieutenant general in the PLA Army, and as deputy political commissar of the PLA Chengdu military region.
Wang was a member of the 6th and 7th NPCs and of the 8th CPPCC National Committee and a member of the standing committee of the 9th CPPCC National Committee.
Recent Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 1993—1998 | Member, 8th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 1990—???? | Deputy Political Commissar, PLA, Regions, Chengdu Military Region | |
| 1988 | Lieutenant General, PLA | |
| 1988—1993 | Deputy, 7th NPC | |
| 1983—1988 | Deputy, 6th NPC | |
| 1945 | Joined, CPC | |
| 1940 | Joined, PLA |
