Du Hengyan
杜恒岩
Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region
In office July 2010 – January 2016
Preceded by	Liu Dongdong
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Political Commissar of the 65th Group Army
In office June 2000 – December 2005
Preceded by	Zhang Qiuxiang
Succeeded by	Gao Donglu
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Longkou, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA National Defence University National University of Defense Technology Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1969–2017
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杜恒岩
Traditional Chinese	杜恆岩
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Du Hengyan

Du Hengyan (Chinese: 杜恒岩; pinyin: Dù Héngyán; born July 1951) is a retired general (shangjiang) in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as deputy director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.

Biography

Du joined the PLA as a serviceman in 1969, and joined the Chinese Communist Party a year later. Wei served in the Shenyang Military Region, then the Beijing Military Region. In 1996 he became the deputy political commissar of the 28th Group Army. In 1998 he was awarded the rank of major general. In 2000 he became political commissar of the 65th Group Army. In 2005 he became head of discipline and deputy political commissar of the Jinan Military Region. In 2007 he was promoted to lieutenant general. In 2010 he became political commissar of the Jinan Military Region. He attained the rank of General in July 2012, also he was made deputy director of the Political Work Department in the same year. He was a member of the 17th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

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