Mei Wen (; born 1965) is a

vice admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...

in the

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of China who is the current deputy political commissar of the

Eastern Theater Command The Eastern Theater Command () is one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), founded 1 February 2016. It replaced the Nanjing Military Region. The command is headquartered in Nanjing. Its jurisdiction includes Jia ...

and political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy.

Biography

Mei was born in

Huangmei County Huangmei County () falls under the administration of Huanggang City in eastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and borders Anhui to the east and Jiangxi to the south across the Yangtze. It also administers Shanjia Islet () in the Yang ...

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

, in 1965. He enlisted in the

(PLA) during university in 1985. After graduated from

Dalian Naval Academy Dalian Naval Academy () is one of the higher education institutes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and is located in Dalian, Liaoning ) , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = Clockwise: Mukden Pala ...

, he was assigned to the

South Sea Fleet The Southern Theater Command Navy (STCN), or the South Sea Fleet (SSF) until 2018, is a formation of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the naval component of the Southern Theater Command. History In December 1949, the Fourth Fi ...

(now Southern Theater Command Navy). He was appointed political commissar of the Chinese aircraft carrier ''Liaoning'' on 25 September 2012. In May 2016, he became political commissar of the and later served as political commissar of the . In March 2022, he was commissioned as deputy political commissar of the

and political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Navy. He was promoted to the rank of

rear admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...

('' shaojiang'') in July 2017 and

('' zhongjiang'') in June 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mei, Wen 1965 births Living people People from Huangmei County Dalian Naval Academy alumni People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei