Office1: | Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force | ||||
Term Start1: | December 2018 | ||||
1Blankname1: | Commander | ||||
1Namedata1: | Ding Laihang | ||||
Office2: | Chief of Staff of the Southern Theater Command Air Force | ||||
Term Start2: | January 2016 | ||||
Term End2: | December 2018 | ||||
Predecessor2: | New title | ||||
Successor2: | Vacant | ||||
Office3: | Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force | ||||
Term Start3: | March 2013 | ||||
Term End3: | January 2016 | ||||
Predecessor3: | Zhao Pengmin | ||||
Successor3: | Position abolished | ||||
Office4: | Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region Air Force | ||||
Term Start4: | October 2012 | ||||
Term End4: | March 2013 | ||||
Predecessor4: | Ding Laihang | ||||
Successor4: | Zhan Yongsheng | ||||
Zheng Yuanlin | |||||
Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
Birth Place: | Pingdu, Shandong, China | ||||
Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||
Serviceyears: | 1978–present | ||||
Rank: | Lieutenant general | ||||
Commands: | PLA Air Force | ||||
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Zheng Yuanlin (; born April 1962) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He has been Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) since December 2018.[1] He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2010 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2019.[2]
Zheng was born in Pingdu, Shandong in April 1962.
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1978. In January 2010 he was promoted to become Deputy Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force. In October 2012 he was promoted again to become Chief of Staff of the Chengdu Military Region Air Force, he remained in that position until March 2013, when he was transferred to Guangzhou and appointed Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region Air Force. In January 2016, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the newly founded Southern Theater Command Air Force. He rose to become Deputy Commander of the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) in December 2018.