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Yi Xiaoguang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1958, joined the PLA in 1974, and joined the CPC in 1977. He was promoted as Major General in 2001 and Lieutenant General in 2012. Since July 2016, he is General PLA, and became the youngest general of PLA at present. From 2010 to 2012, he was Deputy Commander of Nanjing Military Region and Commander of Nanjing Military Air Force. From 2012 to 2014, he was Assistant Chief of General Staff, PLA. In July 2014, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of General Staff, PLA, later was assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department of PLA. He was an alternate member of the 18th CPC Central Committee.

Recent Career Data

2017—	Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee
2016—	General, PLA	§
2014—	Deputy Chief-of-Staff, Central Military Commission of the PRC, Joint Staff Department
2012—2017	Alternate Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2012—2014	Assistant Chief of General Staff, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
2012—2016	Lieutenant General, PLA
2010—2012	Deputy Commander, PLA, Regions, Nanjing Military Region
2008—2010	Deputy Chief of Staff, PLA, Services and Arms, Air Force