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 CMC Chairman
Appointer	The CMC Chairman
Formation	1950
First holder	Luo Shunchu

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 Cānmóuzhǎng) 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.

List of chiefs of staff

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

References

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.