Sun Jianguo

Sun Jianguo
孙建国
Sun Jianguo at The Pentagon in November 2014

Deputy chief of Joint Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy
In office 2004–2006
Succeeded by	Ding Yiping
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 63–64) Wuqiao, Hebei, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	PLA Navy Submarine Academy
Military service
Allegiance	China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1968 − present
Rank	Admiral

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.

Sun Jianguo (Chinese: 孙建国; born 1952) is an Admiral (shang jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff since 2009.

Biography

Sun Jianguo was born in 1952 in Wuqiao, Hebei Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1968, and graduated from the PLA Navy Submarine Academy in 1978. From 1996 to 2000 he served as deputy commander of the Navy submarine base and President of the Submarine Academy. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy in 2000, and promoted to Chief of Staff in 2004. In 2006 he became Assistant to the PLA Chief of Staff, and was promoted to Deputy PLA Chief of Staff in 2009.^[1]^[2] In 2013, Sun replaced Qi Jianguo as head of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, taking over responsibility for military intelligence and diplomacy.^[3]

He attained the rank of Rear Admiral in 1999, Vice-Admiral in July 2006, and Admiral in July 2011.^[1]^[2]

Sun was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and is a full member of the 18th Central Committee.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 孙建国 (in Chinese). Phoenix New Media. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
1 2 3 "Sun Jianguo". China Vitae. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
↑ "Sun Jianguo replaces Qi Jianguo as PLA strategy head". China Times. 2013-09-03.

Generals (shang jiang) of the People's Republic of China in active service

Army	Fan Changlong Chang Wanquan Fang Fenghui Zhang Yang Zhao Keshi Zhang Youxia Wang Hongyao Qi Jianguo Wang Jianping Wang Guanzhong Du Jincai Jia Ting'an Wu Changde Yin Fanglong Zhang Shibo Xu Yaoyuan Wang Jiaocheng Chu Yimin Song Puxuan Liu Fulian Liu Yuejun Zhao Zongqi Du Hengyan Cai Yingting Zheng Weiping Xu Fenlin Wei Liang Li Zuocheng Zhu Fuxi

Navy*	Wu Shengli Sun Jianguo Miao Hua

Air Force	Xu Qiliang Ma Xiaotian Liu Yazhou Yi Xiaoguang

Rocket Force	Wei Fenghe

Armed Police	Wang Ning Sun Sijing

Although navy shang jiang* is officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese.

Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy

Luo Shunchu Zhou Xihan Zhang Xuesi Ma Guansan Pan Yan Yang Guoyu Ma Xinchun An Liqun Zhang Xusan Zhao Guochen He Linzhong Yao Xingyuan Wang Yucheng Zhao Xingfa Sun Jianguo Ding Yiping Su Shiliang Du Jingchen Qiu Yanpeng

See also: People's Liberation Army Navy, Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy, and Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy

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