Yu Daqing

Yu Daqing
Native name 于大清
Born November 1957 (age 57)
Suizhong County, Liaoning, China
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army
Rank Lieutenant-general
Commands held Deputy Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Corps
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yu.

Yu Daqing (Chinese: 于大清; pinyin: Yú Dàqīng; born November 1957) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. Yu obtained the rank of lieutenant-general in July 2014. He was investigated by the PLA's anti-graft agency in December 2014. Previously he served as Deputy Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Corps.[1]

Life and career

Yu was born and raised in Suizhong County, Liaoning. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1975 and the Communist Party of China in 1977. Yu served as Political Commissar of the 123 Division of the Forty-first Army from 2005 to 2006, and Deputy Head of the Cadre Department of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department between 2007 to 2009, he was promoted to the head position in December 2009. He earned the rank of major general in July 2008. In December 2012, he was appointed Director of the Special Branch of the Second Artillery Corps, he remained in that position until December 2013, when he was promoted to ppointed Deputy Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Corps. Yu obtained the rank of lieutenant-general in July 2014. On January 15, 2015, the People's Liberation Army announced that he has been under investigation since December 2014 for "seriously violating party discipline".[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "16 PLA officers placed under investigation". China.org. January 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "China investigates senior military officials for graft amid crackdown". Reuters. 2015-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Another senior Chinese military logistics officer under investigation". People Daily Online. January 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "中国军方公布16名军级以上领导干部重大贪腐案件" (in Chinese). Chinanews. Retrieved 2015-01-15.


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