1. PLAN headquarters

2. Fleets

3. Bases

4. Branches

5. References

6. External links

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 .

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

• Political Commissar of the Navy: Admiral Miao Hua

Deputy Commanders:

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

Deputy Political Commissars:

• Kang Chengyuan
• Fan Yinhua
• Wu Huayang

Chief of Naval Staff: Ding Yiping

Director of Political Department: Xu Jianzhong

Fleet Commanders

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

Fleets

The People's Liberation Army Navy is divided into three fleets.

• the North Sea Fleet, headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, patrols the Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea. Its flagship is DDG Harbin.
• the East Sea Fleet, headquartered in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, patrols the East China Sea, which is called the Eastern Sea in Chinese. Its flagship is J302 Chongmingdao.
• the South Sea Fleet, headquartered in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, patrols the South China Sea, or the South Sea in Chinese. Its flagship is AOR/AK Nanchang.

Bases

Major bases: Qingdao (HQ), Huludao, Jianggezhuang, Guzhen Bay, Lushun, Xiaopingdao. Minor bases: Weihai Wei, Qingshan, Luda, Lianyungang, Ling Shan, Ta Ku Shan, Changshandao, Liuzhuang, Dayuanjiadun, Dalian

Major bases: Ningbo (HQ), Zhoushan, Shanghai, Daxie, Fujian. Minor bases: Zhenjiangguan, Wusong, Xinxiang, Wenzhou, Sanduao, Xiamen, Xingxiang, Quandou, Wen Zhou SE, Wuhan, Dinghai, Jiaotou

Major bases: Zhanjiang (HQ), Yulin, Huangfu, Hong Kong, Guangzhou (Canton). Minor bases: Haikou, Shantou, Humen, Kuanchuang, Tsun, Kuan Chung, Mawei, Beihai, Ping Tan, San Chou Shih, Tang-Chiah Huan, Longmen, Bailong, Dongcun, Baimajing, Xiachuandao, Yuchi

Branches

The PLAN is organised into five branches:^[1]

1. People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
2. People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force
3. People's Liberation Army Navy Coastal Defense Force
4. People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
5. People's Liberation Army Marine Corps

References

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305175650/http://www.sinodefence.com/organisation/navy/default.asp Sinodefence.com]
• Global Security PLAN Overview
• GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies China Data Supplement
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070328233229/http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/20070313dnplanavy.pdf Office of Naval Intelligence China's Navy 2007]
• CRS Report for Congress: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress

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