PLA promotes three officers to top posts

The People's Liberation Army promoted three senior officers to top-ranking posts in the past two weeks, making them candidates to the Central Military Commission, the nation's highest military authority.

General Li Zuocheng, 63, was named chief of staff at the PLA Joint Staff Department. General Han Weiguo, 61, became Li's successor as commander of the PLA Ground Force while Lieutenant General Ding Laihang, 59, was appointed head of the PLA Air Force.

Details about the new appointments remain unknown as the military does not publish information about its personnel changes.