Xing Shizhong

Xing Shizhong
邢世忠
President of the PLA National Defence University
In office
1995–2002
Preceded byZhu Dunfa
Succeeded byPei Huailiang
Personal details
BornSeptember 1938
Licheng, Shandong, China
Died11 March 2019(2019-03-11) (aged 80)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPLA Nanjing Engineering Institute
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1953–2002
Rank General
Battles/warsSino-Vietnamese War
Chinese name
Chinese邢世忠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXíng Shìzhōng
Wade–GilesHsing Shih-chung
IPA[ɕǐŋ ʂîʈʂʊ́ŋ]

Xing Shizhong (Chinese: ; September 1938 – 11 March 2019) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as chief of staff and deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region and president of the PLA National Defence University (1995–2002). He was a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.