Preceded by Yang Junfei Party Communist Party of China | Years of service ?–present | |
Political party Communist Party of China Similar Wu Shengli, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai | ||
Shen Jinlong (simplified Chinese: 沈金龙; traditional Chinese: 沈金龍; pinyin: Shěn Jīnlóng; born October 1956) is a vice admiral and the current commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Biography
Shen was born in Nanhui, Shanghai in October 1956. He once served as commander of Support Base of the North Sea Fleet and president of Dalian Naval Academy. He was president of Naval Command Academy from 2011 until 2014. In August 2014, he was appointed deputy commander of the South Sea Fleet, and in December was promoted to commander of the fleet, a deputy military region position (副大军区级). On July 29, 2016, he was awarded the rank of vice admiral (zhong jiang) by the Central Military Commission. He became commander of the PLA Navy in January 2017, replacing the retiring Admiral Wu Shengli.
