| Cao Gangchuan Former Minister of National Defense |
| 1998— | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1998— | Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Chang Wanquan Former Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Former Member of the 18th CPC Central Military Commission; Former Minister of the Ministry of National Defense; Former State Councilor of State Council |
| 2007—2012 | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Chen Bingde Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission; Member of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, Chief of General Staff |
| 2004—2007 | Director-General, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 2004—2007 | Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Chi Wanchun Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Political Commissar of the PLA General Armaments Department |
| 2002— | Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 2002— | Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1999—2002 | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Political Department | |
| Dong Wancai Alternate Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Director of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region
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| 1998—2003 | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Political Department | |
| Li Andong Alternate Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; ; Deputy-Director of the PLA General Armaments Department |
| 2000— | Deputy Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 2000— | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Science and Technology Commission | |
| 1998— | Member, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1998—2000 | Assistant to the Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1998—2000 | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, General Planning Department | |
| Li Jinai Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission, Director-General of the PLA General Political Department, Member of the PRC Central Military Commissions |
| 2002—2004 | Director-General, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1998—2002 | Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Niu Hongguang Deputy Director of the PLA General Armaments Department |
| 2009— | Deputy Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| 1967—2008 | Chief of Staff, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Wang Hongyao Political Commissioner of the PLA Equipment Development Department; General PLA |
| 2011—2015 | Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
| Yin Fanglong Alternate Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee; Political Commissar of the Central Theater Command; General |
| 2004—2008 | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Political Department | |
| 1999—2004 | Deputy Director, PLA, General Armaments Department, Political Department | |
| Zhang Youxia Member of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee; Head of the PLA General Armaments Department; Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission |
| 2012— | Director, PLA, General Armaments Department | |
