Jiang Futang

Jiang Futang
姜福堂
Political Commissar of the Shenyang Military Region
In office September 1995 – December 2005
Preceded by	Li Xinliang
Succeeded by	Huang Xianzhong
Director of Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region
In office December 1993 – September 1995
Preceded by	Zheng Xianbin [zh]
Succeeded by	Yang Defu [zh]
Director of Political Department of the Jinan Military Region
In office June 1985 – December 1993
Preceded by	Xu Chunyang [zh]
Succeeded by	Tan Naida [zh]
Personal details
Born	October 1941 (age 83) Rongcheng County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Political College Shandong University PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1959–2005
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Sino-Vietnamese War

Jiang Futang (Chinese: 姜福堂; pinyin: Jiāng Fútáng; born October 1941) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a representative of the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

Jiang was born in the town of Tengjia, in Rongcheng County (now Rongcheng), Shandong, in October 1941.^[1]

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1959, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1960. In August 1976, he rose to become director of Political Department of the 26th Group Army, and then political commissar in May 1983. In January 1985, he was appointed political commissar of the 67th Group Army. During his tenure, he participated in the Sino-Vietnamese War.^[2] In June 1985, he was appointed director of Political Department of the Jinan Military Region, he remained in that position until December 1993, when he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region and appointed deputy political commissar and director of Political Department. He became political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region in September 1995, and served until December 2005. In March 2008, he was made vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1993 and general (shangjiang) in June 2002.^[1]