Meng Jinxi, male, Han nationality, e was born in 1944, and has a three year college education background. He joined the CPC in 1964. Meng has served in the PLA for over forty years. In the mid-1980s he served as chief of staff of the 11th Army, and subsequently as its commander. He became the commanding officer of the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1996, and he has been very active in the Party committees of Tibet.