Jia Ting'an
| Jia Ting'an | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 贾廷安 |
| Born |
September 3, 1952 Ye County, Henan, China |
| Allegiance | People's Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1994– |
| Rank |
 General |
| Commands held | deputy director, Political Work Department |
Jia Ting'an (Chinese: 贾廷安; pinyin: Jiǎ Tíng'ān; born September 3, 1952) is a leading figure and general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He currently serves as the deputy director of the Political Work Department . He previously served as principal aide to former President and party General Secretary Jiang Zemin.
Jia was born in Ye County, Henan province. He graduated in 1973 from the Chengdu Telecommunications Engineering College (成都电讯工程学院), where he studied microwaves. In 1982 he joined the staff of Jiang Zemin, who was serving as Minister of Electrical Industry at the time. Later Jiang became Mayor of Shanghai, then Party Secretary. In 1989 after the Tiananmen Square protests, Jiang was promoted to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Jia joined him on his staff, serving in the Office of the General Secretary and Office of the Central Military Commission Chairman. In 1994 he became deputy head of the General Office serving the Central Military Commission (CMC). He was promoted to Major General in the same year. In 2003, he became head of the General Office of the CMC. In 2005, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. In December 2007 Jia was named deputy director of the Political Work Department . In June 2011, he was promoted to general, the highest non-wartime rank in the PLA.
On January 14, 2015, Mingjing News reported that Jia may have been taken in for investigation in a corruption case, but this could not be independently verified nor were there official announcements made.
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