Xu Hongmeng

Xu Hongmeng (Chinese: 徐洪猛; born July 1951) is a retired vice-admiral (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He served as Deputy Commander of the PLAN and Commander of the East Sea Fleet.

Xu Hongmeng
徐洪猛
Deputy Commander of the PLA Navy
In office
December 2009 – December 2014
CommanderWu Shengli
Preceded byGu Wengen
Succeeded byJiang Weilie
Commander of the East Sea Fleet
In office
August 2006 – December 2009
Preceded byZhao Guojun
Succeeded byDu Jingchen
Personal details
BornJuly 1951 (age 69)
Suizhong, Liaoning, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materPLA Naval Command Academy
Military service
Allegiance China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service? − 2014
Rank Vice-Admiral
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Biography

Xu Hongmeng was born in July 1951 in Suizhong, Liaoning Province. He graduated from the PLA Naval Command Academy.[1]

Xu served as deputy chief of staff of the PLAN's East Sea Fleet from 1999 to 2002, and commander of the Zhoushan Naval Base from 2002 to 2005. From December 2005 to August 2006 he was deputy chief of staff of the PLAN. In August 2006, he was promoted to commander of the East Sea Fleet, and concurrently deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region. He attained the rank of vice-admiral in July 2007. In December 2009, he was appointed deputy commander of the PLAN.[1] He retired from active service in December 2014 after reaching the mandatory retirement age, and was replaced by Jiang Weilie.[2]

Xu was a member of the 11th National People's Congress.[1]

References
  1. "Xu Hongmeng" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 2015-06-05.
  2. "PLA adjusts positions of multiple high-ranking generals (admirals)". China Military Online. 2015-01-04.
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