Pei Huailiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pei.

Pei Huailiang
裴怀亮
President of the PLA National Defence University
In office January 2003 – August 2006
Preceded by	Xing Shizhong
Succeeded by	Ma Xiaotian
Personal details
Born	May 1941 (age 83) Xinjiang County, Shanxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shanxi Water Conservancy College
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1961–2006
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	裴怀亮
Traditional Chinese	裴懷亮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Péi Huáiliàng

Pei Huailiang (Chinese: 裴怀亮; born May 1941) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as president of the PLA National Defence University from 2003 to 2006.

He was a delegate to the 7th and 8th National People's Congress, and a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. He was an alternate member of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Pei was born in Xinjiang County, Shanxi, in May 1941, and graduated from Shanxi Water Conservancy College.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1961. He was assigned to the 21st Group Army in 1978. He was named chief of staff in 1983. He moved up the ranks to become deputy commander in August 1985 and commander in December 1986. He was deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region in 1990 and deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region in December 1993. He became president of the PLA National Defence University in January 2003, and served until August 2006. In March 2008, he took office as a member 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 1995, and general (shangjiang) in June 2006.