Cui Yuzhong | |
|---|---|
崔玉忠 | |
| Deputy Commander of thePeople's Liberation Army Navy | |
| Assumed office June 2021 | |
| Commander | Shen Jinlong Dong Jun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1964 (age 61) Hailun County,Heilongjiang, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Years of service | ?–present |
| Rank |  Vice admiral |
Cui Yuzhong (Chinese:崔玉忠;pinyin:Cuī Yùzhōng; born November 1964) is avice admiral (zhongjiang) of thePeople's Liberation Army (PLA), serving as deputy commander of thePeople's Liberation Army Navy since June 2021. He was a delegate to the19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate of the19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][2]
Cui was born inHailun County (Hailun),Heilongjiang, in November 1964. He served in theNorth Sea Fleet before being appointed assistant chief of staff of thePeople's Liberation Army Navy in July 2013. In March 2016, he was commissioned as deputy commander of theSouth Sea Fleet, concurrently serving as commander of its Naval Aviation Force, he remained in that positions until July 2016, when he was transferred toEast Sea Fleet and assigned to the similar position.[3][4] In April 2020, he rose to become deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy, and in December, he was despatched to theEastern Theater Command as deputy commander. In June 2021, he was reassigned to as the People's Liberation Army Navy as deputy commander.
He was promoted to the rank ofrear admiral (Shaojiang) in July 2014 andvice admiral (zhongjiang) in December 2020.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Commander of the Southern Theater Command Naval Aviation Force 2016 | Succeeded by Zhang Xuejun |
| Preceded by | Commander of the Eastern Theater Command Naval Aviation Force 2016–2019 | Succeeded by Wei Wenhui (魏文徽) |