People's Liberation Army Navy Organization

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The PLAN force consists of about 250,000 men and over a hundred major combat vessels, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. Below is the organizational structure of the PLAN.

PLAN headquarters

PLAN headquarters is subordinate to the PLA General Staff Department and the Chairman of the Central Military Committee .

Information current as of March 2007

• Commander-in-Chief of the Navy: Admiral Wu Shengli

• Political Commissar of the Navy: Admiral Liu Xiaojiang

Deputy Political Commissars:

• Kang Chengyuan
• Fan Yinhua
• Wu Huayang

Deputy Commanders-in-Chief of the Navy:

• Ding Yiping
• Jin Mao
• Shen Binyi
• Wang Yucheng
• Zhang Yongyi
• Zhang Zhannan
• Zhao Xingfa
• Gu Wengen

Chief of Naval Staff: Ding Yiping

Director of Political Department: Xu Jianzhong

Fleet Commanders

• North Sea Fleet: Rear Admiral Tian Zhong; Political Commisar Li Guang
• East Sea Fleet: Vice Admiral Xu Hongmen; Political Commisar Xu Jianzhong
• South Sea Fleet: Vice Admiral Gu Wengen; Political Commisar Huang Jiaxiang

Fleets

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