Military announces a major reshuffling

The People's Liberation Army has announced a host of key appointments in a major reshuffle, with many commanders from frontline units being promoted to senior posts in Beijing.

Lieutenant General Wang Jiasheng has been named political commissar of the PLA second artillery force, the army's strategic missile arm, moving from his previous post of deputy political commissar at the PLA General Armaments Department. His predecessor, General Zhang Haiyang, has retired from active service.

A former commander of the Beijing Military Command, Lieutenant General Zhang Shibo, was appointed president of the PLA National Defense University, the top institute of the military.