Huang Jiaxiang

Huang Jiaxiang (Chinese: 黄嘉祥; born January 1949) is a retired vice admiral (zhongjiang) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in 2005, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in 2007.

Huang Jiaxiang
黄嘉祥
Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet
In office December 2005 – July 2012
Preceded by	Xu Yitian
Succeeded by	Wang Dengping
Political Commissar of the 38th Group Army
In office July 2001 – December 2005
Preceded by	Kou Xianxiang
Succeeded by	Wu Gang
Personal details
Born	January 1949 (age 72) Nanshi, Shanghai, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Occupation	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1968–2012
Rank	Vice Admiral
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃嘉祥
Simplified Chinese	黄嘉祥
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Jiāxiáng

Biography

Huang was born in Nanshi District, Shanghai, China in January 1949. He was raised in Qidong, Jiangsu. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in February 1968, and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1969. He served in the 38th Group Army for a long time, where he was promoted to become Political Commissar in July 2001. In 1976, he was appointed political instructor of the Second Company, which was founded by Peng Dehuai in Pingjiang Uprising.[1] He led the army to rescue 16 people in the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.[1] After the Cultural Revolution, Wang Meng became director of State Physical Culture and Sports Commission, Huang was appointed as secretary of its Political Department.[1] In December 2005 he was transferred to Guangzhou Military Region and appointed Deputy Political Commissar and Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet, serving in the post until he retirement in July 2012.[2]

He was a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]

References

1. Wang Jing (王静) (6 November 2013). 血性将军黄嘉祥：纵横陆海 把万岁军牛气灌注南海. 81.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. Chen Baocheng (陈宝成) (8 July 2012). 北海舰队原政委王登平中将转任南海舰队政委. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 December 2019.