Chen was born in
Chengdu,
Sichuan, in December 1925, during the Republic of China. After graduating from National Central University (now
Nanjing University) in 1948, he joined the faculty of PLA Military Engineering College. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1954. In June 1990, he became president of
National University of Defense Technology, and served until February 1994. Chen was promoted to the rank of
major general (
shaojiang) in 1988 and
lieutenant general (
zhongjiang) in 1993. Chen died on 15 January 2023, at the age of 97. ==References==