Wei Gang (PLA Navy)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wei.

Wei Gang (Chinese: 魏钢; born 1960) is a vice admiral in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Wei Gang
魏钢
Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Navy
In office January 2017 – June 2022
Political Commissar	Wang Huayong Liu Qingsong
Preceded by	Su Zhiqian
Succeeded by	Wang Zhongcai
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 64–65) Penglai County, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	魏钢
Traditional Chinese	魏鋼
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wèi Gāng

Biography

Wei was born in Penglai County (now Penglai District of Yantai), Shandong, in 1960.^[2]

He served in the North Sea Fleet for a long time and once served as commander of the Lüshun Naval Base and chief of staff of the North Sea Fleet from July 2013 to January 2014. In July 2015, he succeeded Xu Weibing [zh] as head of the PLA Navy Logistics Department [zh].^[3] He was appointed deputy commander of the Southern Theater Command in January 2016, concurrently holding the chief of staff position.^[4] He became commander of the Eastern Theater Command Navy in January 2017, and served until June 2022.^[5]

He attained the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in July 2017.^[6]