Zhang Shibo

President of the PLA National Defence UniversityIn office
December 2014 – January 2017Preceded bySong PuxuanSucceeded byZheng HeCommander of the Beijing Military RegionIn office
October 2012 – December 2014Preceded byFang FenghuiSucceeded bySong PuxuanCommander of the PLA Hong Kong GarrisonIn office
December 2007 – October 2012Preceded byWang Jitang [zh]Succeeded byWang Xiaojun Personal detailsBornFebruary 1952 (age 72)
Zhuji, Zhejiang, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materShandong UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army Ground ForceYears of service1970–2017Rank GeneralChinese nameSimplified Chinese张仕波Traditional Chinese張仕波

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Shìbō

Zhang Shibo (Chinese: 张仕波; born February 1952) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army of China. He served as commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, commander of the Beijing Military Region, and president of the PLA National Defence University.

Zhang Shibo was born in February 1952 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. He joined the PLA in 1970, serving as an ordinary soldier in the Jinan Military Region. He later rose to deputy commander of the 54th Group Army, deputy chief of staff of the Jinan MR, and commander of the 20th Group Army. He graduated from Shandong University with a degree in Marxist philosophy.^[1]

In 2008, he replaced Lieutenant General Wang Jitang as commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison. He attained the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2009.^[1][2]

In October 2012, Zhang Shibo was promoted to commander of the Beijing Military Region. In December 2014, Lieutenant General Song Puxuan replaced him as commander of the Beijing MR, and Zhang took over Song's old position as president of the PLA National Defence University.^[1] On 31 July 2015, Zhang Shibo was promoted to general (shang jiang), the highest rank for Chinese military officers in active service.^[3]

In 2017, Zhang Shibo authored a book that spoke of the potential for biological warfare to include "specific ethnic genetic attacks."^[4]

Zhang was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–12), and a full member of the 18th Central Committee (2012–17).^[1][2]

Military offices
Preceded by Yuan Jiaxin [zh]	Commander of the 20th Group Army 2003–2007	Succeeded by Bai Jianjun
Preceded by Wang Jitang [zh]	Commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison 2007–2012	Succeeded by Wang Xiaojun
Preceded by Fang Fenghui	Commander of the Beijing Military Region 2012–2014	Succeeded by Song Puxuan
Preceded by Song Puxuan	President of the PLA National Defence University 2014–2017	Succeeded by Zheng He