{{Short description|Chinese general}} {{family name hatnote|Diao|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Diao Guoxin | native_name = 刁国新 | native_name_lang = zh-cn | image = | caption = | office = Political Commissar of the Tibet Military District | term_start = December 2012 | term_end = August 2016 | 1blankname = Commander | 1namedata = Xu Yong | predecessor = Wang Zengbo | successor = Wang Jianwu | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958|10}} | birth_place = Taixing, Jiangsu, China | death_date = | death_place = | party = Chinese Communist Party | alma_mater = | spouse = | allegiance = {{PRC}} | branch = {{armed forces|PRC}} | service_years = 1976 − present | rank = 48px Lieutenant general | commands = | unit = | battles = Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)<br />Battle of Koulinshan (1981)<br />Battle of Laoshan (1984) | awards = }}
'''Diao Guoxin''' ({{lang-zh|s=刁国新}}; born October 1958) is a lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He served as Political Commissar of the Tibet Military District from 2012 to 2016.
==Biography== Diao Guoxin was born in October 1958 in Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He enlisted in the PLA in February 1976, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1979. He is a university graduate.<ref name=people>{{cite web |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2014/1226/c123809-26283244.html |script-title=zh:刁国新同志简历 |work=People's Daily |date=December 2014 |language=Chinese}}</ref>
In February 1979, Diao was transferred from the Nanjing Military Region to the 14th Group Army, and fought in the Sino-Vietnamese War. He also fought in the Battle of Koulinshan in May 1981 and the Battle of Laoshan in April 1984, during the subsequent Sino-Vietnamese conflicts. He was twice awarded for military valor.<ref name=people/>
Diao rose through the ranks of the 14th Group Army, eventually rising to political commissar of the corps in July 2007. In February 2011 he became political commissar of the 13th Group Army.<ref name=people/>
Diao was appointed political commissar of the Tibet Military District in December 2012.<ref name=people/> On 15 July 2014, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') together with Xu Yong, commander of the Tibet MD.<ref name=thepaper>{{cite news |url=http://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1256052 |script-title=zh:西藏军区司令员政委双双晋升中将军衔 |work=The Paper |date=2014-07-16 |language=Chinese}}</ref>
In August 2016, Diao Guoxin was appointed deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, newly established.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2016-08-18|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1516312|title=陆军领导层继续调整：西藏军区原政委刁国新调任陆军副政委|publisher=澎湃新闻}}</ref>
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