{"id":19618,"date":"2026-07-03T20:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19618"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:50:25","slug":"xi-jinping-promotes-two-senior-military-officers-to-rank-of-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19618","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Xi Jinping Promotes Two Senior Military Officers to Rank of General<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing \u2014 Xi Jinping, chairman of China\u2019s Central Military Commission, promoted two senior military officers to the rank of general at a ceremony held in Beijing on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The promoted officers are Zhang Shuguang, secretary of the Central Military Commission\u2019s Commission for Discipline Inspection and director of the CMC Commission of Supervision, and Wang Gang, commander of the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang Shengmin, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over the ceremony and announced the promotion orders signed by Xi.<\/p>\n<p>Xi presented the officers with certificates of order and congratulated them on their promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang Shuguang is responsible for discipline inspection and supervision within the Central Military Commission, while Wang Gang leads the People\u2019s Liberation Army Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>The rank of general is the highest military rank held by officers in active service in China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=19618\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing \u2014 Xi Jinping, chairman of China\u2019s Central Military Commission, promoted two senior military officers to the rank of general at a ceremony held in Beijing on Friday. 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