Dong Guishan

Dong Guishan (born July 1946) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China, and currently serves as commander of the PLA Tibet provincial military region.

Born in Xiping, Henan Province, Dong joined the army in December 1964, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1966. He has served in various posts in Tibet military region during his career, and was elevated to vice chief of staff of the region in June 1988. He was promoted to vice commander of the region in November 1991. He studied at the Nanjing military academy in January 1982, and at the PLA military direction academy from September 1984 to July 1986. In October 1998, he became the director of the Armament Department of the PLA Chengdu Military Region. Since August 2004, he has served as commander of the Tibet Military Region. From November 2004 to October 2006 he was also a standing committee member of the CPC Tibet Autonomous Region committee. In December 2004, he attained the rank of vice post of a large military region. He became a lieutenant general in July 2006.

He is a current member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.