Xu Deqing (Chinese: 徐德清; pinyin: Xú Déqīng; born July 1963) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling in January 2022.
He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
[1] Xu was born in Chongqing County (now Chongzhou), Sichuan, in July 1963.
He was political commissar of the 71st Group Army in March 2017, and held that office until April 2018, when he was elevated to political commissar of the Western Theater Command Ground Force.
In January 2022, he rose to become political commissar of the Central Theater Command, succeeding Zhu Shengling.