Li Zuocheng

Li Zuocheng (Chinese: 李作成; pinyin: Lǐ Zuóchéng; born October 1953) is a former general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

[3] On 31 July 2015, Li Zuocheng was promoted to general (shangjiang), alongside nine other officers by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping.

[4] After the PLA's re-organization in late 2015, Li was named the inaugural commander of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.

[5] In August 2017, Li was named by Xi Jinping Chief of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.

He spoke at the 15th anniversary of the Anti-Secession Law that gives the PLA a legal basis to take military action against China’s dissentient.