On July 15, 2008 (June 13, 2008 in the lunar calendar), the Central Military Commission held a grand ceremony to promote the rank of general in the Bayi Building in Beijing. Hu Jintao, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued orders to comrades who were promoted to the rank of general. The senior officers promoted to the rank of general this time are: Liu Zhenqi, deputy director of the General Political Department, Huang Xianzhong, political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region, and Fan Changlong, commander of the Jinan Military Region. After the promotion ceremony, Hu Jintao and other leading comrades took a group photo with the senior officers promoted to the rank of general. The Central Military Commission held a ceremony to promote the rank of general on July 15, 2008, awarding three senior officers, Liu Zhenqi, Huang Xianzhong and Fan Changlong, the rank of general. So far, since my country first implemented the military rank system in 1955 and restored it in 1988, 171 senior officers and police officers have been awarded the rank of general and police officers.