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
Commander	Wu Shengli
Preceded by	Gu Wengen
Succeeded by	Jiang Weilie
Commander of the East Sea Fleet
In office August 2006 – December 2009
Preceded by	Zhao Guojun
Succeeded by	Du Jingchen
Personal details
Born	July 1951 (age 74) Suizhong, Liaoning, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Naval Command Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People'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]