Yuan Yubai

袁誉柏
Commander of the Southern Theater CommandIn office
January 2017 – June 2021Preceded byWang JiaochengSucceeded byWang XiubinCommander of the North Sea FleetIn office
July 2014 – January 2017Preceded byQiu YanpengSucceeded byZhang Wendan Personal detailsBornMay 1956 (age 67–68)
Gong'an, HubeiPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaAlma materPLAN Submarine AcademyMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army NavyYears of service1976 − presentRank AdmiralChinese nameSimplified Chinese袁誉柏Traditional Chinese袁譽柏
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Yùbǎi

Yuan Yubai (Chinese: 袁誉柏; born May 1956) is an admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been commander of the Southern Theater Command from January 2017 to June 2021 and formerly served as commander of the North Sea Fleet from 2014 to 2017.

Biography

Yuan Yubai was born in 1956 in Gong'an County, Hubei Province. He graduated from Gong'an No. 2 High School in 1972 and PLAN Submarine Academy (Qingdao) in 1981.[1]

Yuan has spent his entire military career up to 2017 in the North Sea Fleet. He served at the Qingdao Submarine Base after graduation from the submarine academy, rising to submarine captain by 1990. He was then promoted to chief of staff of the submarine base in 2004, and commander in 2007. He attained the rank of rear admiral in July 2008. He was appointed chief of staff of the North Sea Fleet in 2010, and deputy commander in 2013.[1]

In July 2014, Yuan was promoted to commander of the North Sea Fleet, succeeding Qiu Yanpeng, who had been appointed chief of staff of the PLAN.[1] In July 2015, Yuan and Qiu were both promoted to the rank of vice-admiral (zhong jiang).[2]

In January 2017, Yuan was appointed commander of the Southern Theater Command, succeeding General Wang Jiaocheng. This was noted as a departure from the convention of having army officers serving as regional commanders.[3] In July 2019, Yuan was promoted to the rank of admiral (shang jiang).[4]

On 20 August 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Social Development Affairs Committee.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yuan Yubai" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 2015-08-03.
  2. ^ 海军新晋升11名少将 海军参谋长邱延鹏升中将. Sohu (in Chinese). 2015-07-22.
  3. ^ Choi, Chi-Yuk (19 January 2017). "Admiral Named to Head PLA's New Southern Theatre Command". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ 中央军委举行晋升仪式 10位军官警官晋升上将军衔. Sina. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  5. ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (20 August 2021). 布小林、蒋超良赴全国人大工作. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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Preceded by Commander of the North Sea Fleet
2014–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Southern Theater Command
2017–2021 		Succeeded by
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