In 2005 , Zhang was promoted to political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region , replacing General Liu Shutian , who had reached retirement age . During the Great Sichuan earthquake of 2008 , Zhang Haiyang , together with Chengdu MR commander Li Shiming , coordinated the military relief efforts . He was promoted to the rank of full general ( '' shang jiang '' ) in July 2009 , and Zhang Zhen and Zhang Haiyang became the first pair of father-and-son full generals in the PLA ( Zhang Zongxun and Zhang Youxia are another pair ) . In late 2009 , he replaced retiring General Peng Xiaofeng as the 10th political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps , China 's strategic missile force . He retired in late 2014 , and was succeeded by Wang Jiasheng
Great Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Zhang Haiyang