The promotion ceremony for the rank of General of the Central Military Commission was held on the 28th at the Beijing August 1st Building. At around 4:30 pm, the promotion ceremony began with the solemn national anthem. He Weidong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, presided over the promotion ceremony. The officers who have been promoted to the rank of general this time are Zheng Xuan, political commissar of the Northern Warfare Zone, and Ling Huanxin, political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences. The two officers who were promoted to the rank of general came to the podium in high spirits. The promotion ceremony ended with a resounding military song. Li Shangfu, Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, Zhang Shengmin, members of the Central Military Commission, and major comrades in charge of various departments of the Military Commission and relevant units of the military stationed in Beijing attended the promotion ceremony. (New News Agency)