Liu Huaqing

General Liu Huaqing
刘华清
Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission
In office State Commission: 28 March 1993 – 5 March 1998 Party Commission: November 1989 – 18 September 1997 Serving with Yang Shangkun, Zhang Zhen, Chi Haotian and Zhang Wannian
Chairman	Jiang Zemin
Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office August 1982 – January 1988
Preceded by	Ye Fei
Succeeded by	Zhang Lianzhong
Personal details
Born	(1916-10-01)1 October 1916 Huang'an County, Hubei, China
Died	14 January 2011(2011-01-14) (aged 94) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	Liu Zhuoming Liu Chaoying
Alma mater	Kuznetsov Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Eighth Route Army  People's Liberation Army Ground Force  People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1930–1998
Rank	General
Awards	August 1 Medal (2nd Class) Order of Independence and Freedom (2nd Class) Order of Liberation (1st Class)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘华清
Traditional Chinese	劉華清
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Huáqīng

Liu Huaqing (Chinese: 刘华清; 1 October 1916 – 14 January 2011)^[1] was a Chinese revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy, who served as the third Commander-in-Chief of the Navy from 1982 through 1988. He is considered to have greatly contributed to the modernization of the Chinese Navy, and is hailed as the "father of the modern Chinese Navy" and "father of Chinese aircraft carriers".