Zhang ZhijianZhang Zhijian is a general of the People's Liberation Army of China.BiographyZhang was born in 1934 in Wenxi, Shanxi. He joined the PLA in 1951. In 1992 he became the deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, and he later served as Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region. He attained the rank of major general in 1988, lieutenant general in 1990, and full general in 1998.