Gao Jin
| Gao Jin | |
|---|---|
| 高津 | |
| President of the PLA Academy of Military Science | |
| In office December 2014 – January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Liu Chengjun |
| Succeeded by | Cai Yingting |
| Commander of People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force | |
| Assumed office January 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1959 (age 65) Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Second Artillery Command College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  China |
| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1978 − present |
| Rank | 48px Lieutenant General |
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Gao Jin (Chinese: 高津; born April 1959) is a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Since January 2016 he has served as the inaugural commander of the PLA Strategic Support Force. He formerly served as President of the PLA Academy of Military Science, where he spent most of his career.
Biography
Gao Jin was born in April 1959 in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, to parents who were both PLA soldiers. He joined the PLA in 1978 without telling his family, and spent most of his career in the Second Artillery Corps, China's strategic missile force.[1][2]
Gao entered the Second Artillery Command College in 1985, and graduated with a master's degree in engineering.[1] He rose through the ranks of the Second Artillery Corps, attaining the rank of major general in July 2006, and eventually becoming its chief of staff in December 2011.[1] In 2012, he was elected an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (2012–2017). He was made a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2013.[1][2]
He was promoted twice in 2014, first to assistant chief of the Joint Staff in July, and on December 22, he became President of the PLA Academy of Military Science,[3] the PLA's top research institute, enjoying the same rank as the commanders of the PLA's seven military regions.[1] At age 55, he became the youngest regional chief-level commander of the PLA. He succeeded General Liu Chengjun, who had reached retirement age.[1] On December 31, 2015, as part of wide-ranging reforms of the People's Liberation Army, Gao was named first commander of the PLA Strategic Support Force.
Gao has published many academic articles, and has won technological and military awards. The Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily has praised him as a "technologically powerful military leader."[1]
