Zhang Haiyang is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China, who served as political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps.
10 Facts About Zhang Haiyang
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Zhang Haiyang is the son of General Zhang Zhen, who was a member of the Central Military Commission.
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The Zhang Haiyang family had moved to Pingjiang, Hunan from the Hakka county of Pingyuan, Guangdong.
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Zhang Haiyang's father-in-law is Sun Keji, a major general and former vice political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region.
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Zhang Haiyang enlisted in the PLA in 1969, and served as a soldier in the Lanzhou Military Region.
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Zhang Haiyang attained the rank of major general in 1995.
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In 2005, Zhang Haiyang was promoted to political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, replacing General Liu Shutian, who had reached retirement age.
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Zhang Haiyang was promoted to the rank of full general in July 2009, and Zhang Zhen and Zhang Haiyang became the first pair of father-and-son full generals in the PLA.
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Zhang Haiyang retired in late 2014, and was succeeded by Wang Jiasheng.
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Zhang Haiyang was a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is a member of the 18th Central Committee.