Cao Gangchuan is a Chinese retired general who was the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense. He was also state councilor and director of the PLA General Armament Department.
Cao Gangchuan
United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meeting with Cao Gangchuan during his first visit to the People's Republic of China (2005)
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission
The Vice Chairmen of the Central Military Commission are deputies to the chairman of the Central Military Commission. Currently, two generals of the People's Liberation Army are serving as vice chairmen: first-ranked vice chairman Zhang Youxia and second-ranked vice chairman He Weidong. According to military regulations, the vice chairmen are granted the rank of general by the virtue of their posts.
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