Sun Jilian

Sun Jilian is a major general of the People's Liberation Army who has served since 2018 as the political commissar of the PLA News Communication Center. A native of Beijing, he joined the workforce in January 1977 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in February 1985.

Biography

Sun began his career as a military journalist, working successively at the Guangzhou Military Region Press Station, the Second Artillery Force Press Station, and the People's Armed Police Press Station. He later held several editorial and managerial positions at the People's Liberation Army Daily, including director of the General Editorial Office and director of the Current Affairs Department.
In 2012, he became deputy editor-in-chief of the PLA Daily, and in 2013 he was appointed director of the Television Publicity Center of the former PLA General Political Department. In December 2015, he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the PLA Daily. In November 2016, Sun was elected vice-chairman of the 9th Council of the All-China Journalists Association. In August 2018, he assumed his current position as political commissar of the PLA News Communication Center. He has also served as a member of the 13th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.