Zheng Qunliang

Zheng Qunliang (; born January 1954) is a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. He has served as Deputy Commander of the PLAAF since 2013 and previously as Commander of the Jinan Military Region Air Force and the Nanjing Military Region Air Force.

Biography Zheng Qunliang was born in January 1954 in Wafangdian, Liaoning Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in March 1970. He served in the 41st division of the PLA Ground Force until 1974, when he entered PLAAF No. 5 Aviation Academy. He joined the Air Force upon graduation in 1977. From 1984 to 1986 he studied at the PLA Air Force Command Academy.

Zheng is a top-grade jet fighter pilot. When he reached the PLAAF's compulsory non-flight age of 47, he had accumulated 2,200 flying hours. He became commander of Regiment 3 of the 1st Division in 1992, then division commander in 1997.

He was named Chief of Staff of the Shenyang Military Region Air Force in February 2008, Deputy MRAF Commander in December 2010, and concurrently MRAF Commander and Deputy MR Commander in July 2011. In December 2012, he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Region Air Force to serve in the same concurrent positions. In July 2013, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the PLAAF.

Zheng attained the rank of major general in July 2005, and lieutenant general in July 2012. In November 2012, he was elected an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Visit to the United States As commander of the PLAAF's elite 1st Fighter Division, Zheng was selected to participate in a PLA senior officers' delegation to visit the United States in July 2000, a sign that the PLA had identified him as a future leader in the air force. After his trip, he wrote a widely distributed article recounting his experiences visiting various U.S. Air Force bases.