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Wu Qian (military officer)

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Wu Qian
吴谦
Director of the Information Bureau of Ministry of National Defense
Assumed office
August 2017
Preceded byYang Yujun
Personal details
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1
Residence(s)Beijing, China
Alma materPLA Institute of International Relations [zh]
University of Birmingham (MBA)
OccupationPublic affairs officer
Military service
AllegiancePeople's Republic of China
ServicePeople's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Years of service1996–present
RankSenior colonel (Daxiao)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Qiān

Wu Qian (Chinese: 吴谦; born 1973) is a Chinese military officer currently serving as director and spokesman of the Information Bureau of Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China.[1]

Biography

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Wu was born in Beijing in 1973. In 1991, he was accepted to the PLA Institute of International Relations [zh], and graduated in 1995. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham.[2]

After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. In June 2015 he became the deputy director of the Information Bureau of Ministry of National Defense, rising to the Director in August 2017.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Senior colonel (Daxiao) in December 2016.[4]

Personal life

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He is married and has a daughter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 中国国防部发言人“换将” 耿雁生到龄退役 (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 2015-07-11. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "国防部新闻发言人吴谦大校" (in Chinese (China)). Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ^ 吴谦升任国防部新闻局局长 杨宇军退出现役. Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 2017-08-09. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ 中国国防部新闻发言人吴谦晋升大校军衔. The Paper (in Chinese). 2016-12-20. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
Yang Yujun (杨宇军)
Director of the Information Bureau of Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
2017
Incumbent