Shi Yunsheng

Shi Yunsheng
石云生
5th Commander of the PLA Navy
In office
November 1996 – June 2003
Preceded by Zhang Lianzhong
Succeeded by Zhang Dingfa
Personal details
Born 1940 (age 75–76)
Fushun, Liaoning, China
Political party Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance  China
Service/branch People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service ?−2003
Rank Admiral
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shi.

Shi Yunsheng (Chinese: 石云生; born 1940 in Fushun, Liaoning) is a retired naval aviator and admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He was the fifth commander of the PLAN (1996–2003).

He was the commander of air force of South Sea Fleet, and was promoted to vice commander of air force of Navy in 1990.[1] Two years later, he was promoted to vice commander of PLA Navy.[2] In November 1996, he was appointed as commander in chief of the Navy.[3] This was followed by a promotion to full admiral in 2000.[4] He was removed from the post and forced into retirement after the submarine 361 incident in May 2003.

Shi was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committees of Communist Party of China.

References

  1. ↑ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1991). Daily report: People's Republic of China. National Technical Information Service. p. 45.
  2. ↑ R. Lilley, James; David L. Shambaugh (1999). China's military faces the future. M.E. Sharpe. p. 27.
  3. ↑ John Leicester (February 29, 2000). "U.S. Admiral Visits Chinese Military Chiefs". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  4. ↑ D. Cole, Bernard (2001). The great wall at sea: China's Navy enters the twenty-first century. Naval Institute Press. p. 89.


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