Sun Dafa

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Sun Dafa (Chinese: 孙大发; November 1945 - ) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China and the current political commissar of PLA General Logistics Department.

Born in Jinzhai, Anhui Province, Sun joined the army in 1964 and Communist Party of China in 1968. After 1977, he served as the secretary of Li Desheng, the then commander of Shenyang Military Region. In May 1984, he became the political commissar of 115 division of PLA 39th army. In June 1990, he was elevated to director of political department of PLA 16th army group, and made major general. He was later promoted to political commissar there.

In January 1999, Sun became the director of political department of Shenyang Military Region, and he was made lieutenant general in 2000. He was transferred to Nanjing Military Region in August 2003 and became director of political department there. In January 2005, he was promoted to the vice political commissar and the secretary of discipline commission of Nanjing Military Region. Since July of 2005, he has served as political commissar of PLA General Logistics Department. He was made general in June 2007.

Sun is a member of 17th Central Committee of Communist Party of China.

He graduated from PLA National Defense University and authored some military books such as Strategies of High-tech Wars (高技术战争谋略).