Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy

The Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy (simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军参谋长; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍海軍參謀長; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn Cānmóuzhăng) is the third highest-ranking officer in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The Chief of Staff is the head of the Naval Forces Military Command authorities and responsible to assist the military officer in the navy command.

Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy 中国人民解放军海军参谋长
Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Zhang Wendan since January 2018
Member of	Central Military Commission
Reports to	The Chairman
Seat	Beijing
Nominator	The Chairman
Appointer	The Chairman
Formation	1950
First holder	Luo Shunchu

List of chiefs of staff

No.		Inspector of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Alma mater	Ref
1		Vice Admiral Luo Shunchu 罗舜初 (1914–1981)	June 1950	March 1952	1 year, 9 months	PLA Nanjing Political College	.
2		Vice Admiral Zhou Xihan 周希汉 (1913–1988)	March 1952	March 1961	9 years	PLA National Defence University	.
3		Rear Admiral Zhang Xuesi 张学思 (1916–1970)	March 1961	May 1968	7 years, 2 months	Voroshilov Naval Academy	.
4		Rear Admiral Ma Guansan 马冠三	February 1968	November 1968	9 months	.	.
5		Rear Admiral Pan Yan (admiral) 潘焱 (1916–1999)	November 1968	August 1975	6 years, 9 months	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University	.
6		Rear Admiral Yang Guoyu 杨国宇 (1914–2000)	August 1975	August 1982	7 years	PLA National Defence University	.
7		Vice Admiral Ma Xinchun 马辛春 (born 1925)	August 1982	July 1985	2 years, 11 months	Naval War College	.
8		Rear Admiral An Liqun 安立群	July 1985	September 1987	2 years, 2 months	Dalian Naval Academy	.
9		Vice Admiral Zhang Xusan 张序三 (born 1929)	September 1987	April 1990	4 years, 9 months	PLA National Defence University	.
10		Vice Admiral Zhao Guochen 赵国臣 (1935–1994)	June 1990	September 1994	4 years, 5 months	PLA Navy Command Academy	.
11		Vice Admiral He Linzhong 何林忠 (born 1937)	September 1994	November 1997	3 years, 2 months	PLA Navy Command Academy	.
12		Vice Admiral Yao Xingyuan 么兴远 (born 1941)	November 1997	June 2000	2 years, 7 months	Naval War College	.
13		Vice Admiral Wang Yucheng (admiral) 王玉成 (born 1941)	June 2000	January 2003	2 years, 7 months	.	.
14		Vice Admiral Zhao Xingfa 赵兴发 (born 1945)	January 2003	December 2004	1 year, 11 months	PLA National Defence University	.
15		Vice Admiral Sun Jianguo 孙建国 (born 1952)	December 2004	December 2006	2 years	Dalian Naval Academy	.
16		Vice Admiral Ding Yiping 丁一平 (born 1951)	December 2006	December 2008	2 years	Central Party School of the Communist Party of China	.
17		Vice Admiral Su Shiliang 苏士亮 (born 1950)	December 2008	December 2010	2 years	.	.
18		Vice Admiral Du Jingchen 杜景臣 (born 1952)	December 2010	July 2014	3 years, 7 months	.	[1]
19		Vice Admiral Qiu Yanpeng 邱延鹏 (born 1956)	July 2014	January 2018	3 years, 6 months	Dalian Naval Academy	[2]
20		Rear Admiral Zhang Wendan 张文旦 (born 1958)	January 2018	Incumbent	3 years, 1 month	.

References

1. 海军原参谋长杜景臣出任海军副司令员. sina (in Chinese). 2014-08-03.
2. 半年两次换岗 邱延鹏接替杜景臣任海军参谋长. takungpao.com (in Chinese). 2014-10-11.

Further reading

• Ma Junjie (2014-10-01). 《档案里的中国海军历史》 [The History of PLA Navy in Archives] (in Chinese). Jinan, Shandong: Shandong Pictorial Publishing House. ISBN 9787547413555.
• Gao Xiaoxing; Weng Saifei; Zhou Dehua (2012-10-01). The PLA Navy. Beijing: China Intercontinental Press. ISBN 9787508522258.
• Li Qiong (2015). 《海上长城：中国人民解放军海军成立六十周年庆典》 [Great Wall in the Sea: 60 Anniversary of the Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy] (in Chinese). Changchun ,Jilin: Jilin Publishing Group. ISBN 9787546318264.