Wu Shengli

Admiral Wu Shengli
吴胜利
Wu Shengli in 2009
7th Commander of the PLA 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	People's Republic of China
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Shènglì

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]