Wu Shengli | |||||||
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吴胜利 | |||||||
.jpg) Wu Shengli in 2009 | |||||||
| 7th Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy | |||||||
| In office August 2006 – January 2017 | |||||||
| Political Commissar | Liu Xiaojiang Miao Hua | ||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Dingfa | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Shen Jinlong | ||||||
| Commander of the South Sea Fleet | |||||||
| In office January 2002 – July 2004 | |||||||
| Supreme Command | Jiang Zemin | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Yongguo | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Gu Wengen | ||||||
| President of Dalian Naval Academy | |||||||
| In office 1994–1997 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Qingji | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhang Zhannan | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | August 1945 (age 79) Wuqiao, Hebei, China | ||||||
| Political party |  Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Surveying and Mapping Academy Dalian Naval Academy | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Navy | ||||||
| Years of service | 1964–2018 | ||||||
| Rank |  Admiral | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴胜利 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳勝利 | ||||||
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Wu Shengli (Chinese: 吴胜利; born August 1945) is a retired Chinese admiral who served as commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) from 2006 to 2017. Prior to that, he served as PLA's deputy chief of staff, commander of the South Sea Fleet and commandant principal of Dalian Naval Academy.
Wu presided over the PLAN during a time of expanding Chinese maritime interests and increased regional tensions. The PLAN grew under his tenure from a coastal defense force to an emerging expeditionary force. His tenure was marked by a litany of achievements and historic firsts, including the PLAN's first deployment of a counter-piracy task force to the Gulf of Aden in 2008, the first evacuation of foreign nationals from a distant country during the 2011 Libyan Civil War, and the commissioning of China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning in 2012.[1]