Career
Originally from Longkou, Shandong Province, Du joined the military as a serviceman in 1969, and joined the Communist Party of China a year later. Wei served in the Shenyang Military Region, then the Beijing Military Region. In 1996 he became the deputy political commissar of the 28th Group Army.
In 1998 he was awarded the rank of major general.
In 2000 he became political commissar of the 65th Group Army. In 2005 he became head of discipline and deputy political commissar of the Jinan Military Region.
In 2007 he was promoted to lieutenant general. In 2010 he became political commissar of the Jinan Military Region.
