Shi Yunsheng

Chinese retired naval aviator and admiral

Shi Yunsheng
石云生

5th Commander of the PLA Navy
In office November 1996 – June 2003
Preceded by	Zhang Lianzhong
Succeeded by	Zhang Dingfa

Personal details
Born	1940 (age 83–84) Fushun, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1962−2003
Rank	Admiral

Shi Yunsheng (Chinese: 石云生; born 1940 in Fushun, Liaoning) is a retired naval aviator and admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He was the fifth commander of the PLAN (1996–2003).

He was the commander of air force of South Sea Fleet, and was promoted to vice commander of air force of Navy in 1990.^[1] Two years later, he was promoted to vice commander of PLA Navy.^[2] In November 1996, he was appointed as commander in chief of the Navy.^[3] This was followed by a promotion to full admiral in 2000.^[4]

In June 2003, Shi was dismissed and forced into retirement after the fatal submarine 361 incident. He was replaced by Admiral Zhang Dingfa.^[5]

Shi was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.

References

^ United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1991). Daily report: People's Republic of China. National Technical Information Service. p. 45.
^ R. Lilley, James; David L. Shambaugh (1999). China's military faces the future. M.E. Sharpe. p. 27. ISBN 9780765608871.
^ John Leicester (February 29, 2000). "U.S. Admiral Visits Chinese Military Chiefs". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
^ D. Cole, Bernard (2001). The great wall at sea: China's Navy enters the twenty-first century. Naval Institute Press. p. 89.
^ Becker, Jeffrey; Liebenberg, David; Mackenzie, Peter (December 2013). "Behind the Periscope: Leadership in China's Navy". Defense Technical Information Center. p. 81. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015.