Zhang Lianzhong

Zhang Lianzhong
张连忠
4th Commander of the PLA Navy
In office January 1988 – November 1996
Political Commissars	Li Yaowen, Wei Jinshan, Zhou Kunren
Preceded by	Liu Huaqing
Succeeded by	Shi Yunsheng
Personal details
Born	(1931-06-23) 23 June 1931 (age 93) Jiaozhou, Shandong, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	PLAN Submarine Academy PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1947–1996
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War

Zhang Lianzhong (Chinese: 张连忠; born 23 June 1931) is a retired submariner and admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). An army veteran of the Chinese Civil War, he trained to become a submariner in the 1960s and commanded China's first submarine mission to sail past the first island chain into the Pacific Ocean in 1976. He served as commander of the Lüshun Naval Base from 1983 to 1985 and as commander of the PLA Navy from 1988 to 1996.