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

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/28/2004
Career Data Updated: 1/4/2007

PHOTO: Xiong Guangkai
Xiong Guangkai 熊光楷
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the PLA, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee
Born: 1939

Biography Highlight

Xiong Guangkai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi province. He was born in 1939, joined the PLA in 1956 and joined the CPC in 1959. He was conferred to the rank of major general in 1988, lieutenant general in 1994, and general in 2000. Xiong directed the intelligence department of the PLA General Staff until 1992. He was elected as deputy chief of the PLA General Staff in 1996.

Recent Career Data

2002—2007 Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000— General, PLA
1997—2002 Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1996— Deputy Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
1994—2000 Lieutenant General, PLA
1992—1996 Assistant of the Chief, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1988—1994 Major General, PLA
1988—1992 Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department
1984—1988 Deputy Director, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff, Intelligence Department

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