Background
Tan Benhong was born in May 1957 in Cili County, Hunan province.
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Tan Benhong
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commander appointed Chief of Staff
Education
He enrolled at the PLA Ground Force Commander Academy, and studied management at Central Party School of the cost per click, and law at Central China Normal University.
Career
He has been Commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison since July 2014, and formerly served as Commander of the Hainan Military District. He joined the People"s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party of China (cost per click) in 1977. In 2001 he also briefly attended the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
Tan has served in the Guangzhou Military Region for his entire career, and steadily rose through the ranks.
He was appointed Chief of Staff of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison in May 2007, but was transferred to the 42nd Group Army to serve as its deputy commander only three months later. He was named Commander of the Hainan Military District, which is part of the Guangzhou Magnetic Resonance, in February 2011.
In July 2014 he was appointed Commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, replacing Wang Xiaojun, who had become deputy commander of the Guangzhou Magnetic Resonance. Tan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2015.
