Yang Huaiqing

Yang was born in Shouguang County (now Shouguang), Shandong, in February 1939.[1] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in January 1958, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1960.[1] He was assigned to the East Sea Fleet in August 1970.[1] He moved up the ranks to become deputy head of Cadre Division of the Political Department in September 1981 and head in June 1983.[1] He became director of the Political Department of the Zhoushan Naval Base in August 1985, and two years later entered the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] In January 1988, he became deputy political commissar of the Zhoushan Naval Base, rising to political commissar six months later.[1] He served as deputy director of the PLA Navy Political Department in June 1990, and two years later promoted to the director position.[1] He was promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy in December 1993.[1] In July 1995, he was promoted again to become political commissar.[1] He was removed from public office and forced into retirement alongside Shi Yunsheng in May 2003 due to the military disaster of Chinese submarine 361.[2][3][4] He died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 73.[5]

He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 1990, vice admiral (zhongjiang) in July 1994, and admiral (shangjiang) in June 2000.[1]