Guangzhou Military Region
Born in August 1948 in Nanzhao County, Henan, Wang Yufa joined the People's Liberation Army in March 1968. He participated in the Sino-Vietnamese War. He was political commissar of 127 Division of 54th Group Army in 1985, and held that office until 1994. In November 1994 he became the deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, rising to political commissar in May 1999. In December 2003, he was appointed the political commissar of Chengdu Military Region Air Force, he remained in that position until August 2006, when he was transferred to Guangzhou Military Region and appointed deputy political commissar of Guangzhou Military Region and political commissar of its Air Force. Wang attained the rank of major general in 1998 and lieutenant general in July 2005.