Gao Xiaoyan

Gao Xiaoyan
Native name 高小燕
Born 1957 (age 57–58)
Shilou County, Shanxi, China
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army
Years of service 1974 - 2014
Rank Major general
Commands held Political Commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University (2012 - 2014)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gao.

Gao Xiaoyan (Chinese: 高小燕; pinyin: Gāo Xiǎoyàn; born 1957) is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China. Gao earned the rank of major general (Shao Jiang) in 2012. She was investigated by the PLA's anti-graft agency in December 2014.[1] She successively served as Political Commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University in Zhengzhou, and Executive Director of China Institute For Leadership Science (CILS).[2] She was the first female general to have been implicated in the anti-corruption campaign launched after the 18th Party Congress.[3]

Life and career

Gao was born and raised in Shilou County, Shanxi province. In 1974, by age 17, she joined the People's Liberation Army and working in Lanzhou Military Region. In 1984, she was transferred to Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, and was assigned to the PLA Fourth Military Medical University. Twelve years later, she was transferred to Beijing with her husband and worked in People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department. In 2005, she became the political commissar at the 309th Hospital of the PLA.

In 2012, she was transferred to Zhengzhou and appointed the Political Commissar and Discipline Inspection Secretary of the PLA Information Engineering University. In September 2012, she was elected Executive Director of China Institute For Leadership Science (CILS). She was detained by the People's Liberation Army’s prosecution organs on November 27, 2014.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "First female PLA general in bribery probe". Chinadaily. Retrieved 2014.
  2. ↑ "Woman general Gao Xiaoyan held as China fights corruption in military". The Times. Retrieved 2014.
  3. ↑ "高小燕成十八大后首位因贪腐落马女将军". Tencent (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014.
  4. ↑ "PLA Female general detained on charge of graft". Sina. Retrieved 2014.
  5. ↑ "解放军信息工程大学副政委高小燕少将被查". Tencent (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014.