Li Dongheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Dongheng (Chinese: 李栋恒; born July 1944) is a retired lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Li Dongheng
李栋恒
Deputy Political Commissioner of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department
In office December 2003 – August 2006
Political Commissioner	Chi Wanchun
Personal details
Born	July 1944 (age 80) Neixiang County, Henan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1968–2006
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	李栋恒
Traditional Chinese	李棟恆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Dònghéng

Biography

Li was born in Neixiang County, Henan, in July 1944. After graduating from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1968, he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served in the People's Liberation Army Ground Force between March 1970 and November 1983. After working in the People's Liberation Army General Political Department for about three years, he was appointed director of Political Department of the 39th Group Army in July 1986. In June 1990, he became deputy political commissioner, rising to political commissioner in February 1993. In April 1996, he became director of Political Department of the People's Armed Police, he remained in that position until December 2003, when he was chosen as deputy political commissioner of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department and deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in December 2003.