Wen Zongren

Wen Zongren (Chinese: 温宗仁; November 1940 – 13 March 2008) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences from 2000 to 2005, and political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region from 1996 to 2000.

[2] Wen was born in the town of Zhonghan [zh], Chao County (now Chaohu), Anhui, in November 1940.

[2][3] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in February 1959, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1961.

In October 1994, he was appointed director of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region, he remained in that position until January 1996, when he was transferred to Lanzhou Military Region and appointed political commissar and party secretary.

[2] He became political commissar and party secretary of the Academy of Military Sciences in June 2000, and served until December 2005.