Niu Hongguang

Niu Hongguang is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was a delegate to the 11th [National People's Congress].

Biography

Niu was born in Anqiu County, Shandong, in October 1951. He attended the Affiliated [High School of Peking University] and graduated from the Central [Party School of the Chinese Communist Party].
He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in 1968, serving in the Communication Regiment of the 20th Base of the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and eventually served as deputy commander. He rose to become deputy head of the People's [Liberation Army General Armaments Department] in June 2009, concurrently serving as deputy chief commander of the China Manned Space Program. He retired in December 2014.
He was promoted to the rank of major general in July 1999 and lieutenant general in July 2010.