Feng Danyu Explained

Office1:Deputy Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Term Start1:August 2017
1Blankname1:Commander
1Namedata1:Shen Jinlong
Office2:Deputy Head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission
Term Start2:July 2016
Term End2:August 2017
Office3:Director of Co-ordination and Planning Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
Term Start3:December 2014
Term End3:July 2017
Successor3:Position abolished
Office4:Director of Military and Arms Equipment Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department
Term Start4:December 2010
Term End4:December 2014
Successor4:Wang Qingzong
Feng Danyu
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Cao County, Anhui, China
Parents:Feng Hongda
Yu Huaxin
Relations:Feng Yuxiang (grandfather)
Alma Mater:Dalian Naval Academy
Rank: Vice Admiral

Feng Danyu (; born 1962) is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy since August 2017, and formerly served as deputy head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission.[1]

Family

Feng's family was from Cao County (now Chaohu), Anhui, in 1962, to Feng Hongda (1930 - 1993), a rear admiral (shaojiang) in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and deputy commander of the North Sea Fleet, and Yu Huaxin, a writer and daughter of politician Yu Xinqing. His grandfather, Feng Yuxiang (1882 - 1948), was a warlord who led the Guominjun faction during the Republican era. He has a sister, Feng Danlong, director of China Affairs Department of Pfizer.[2] He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2005, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in June 2019.

Career

After graduating from Dalian Naval Academy, he was assigned to the North Sea Fleet, he worked there until 1990, while he was transferred to the National Defence Scientific Industry Council in Beijing. Beginning in 2003, he served in several posts in the PLA General Equipment Department, including chief, deputy director, and director. Feng attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2005. In December 2014 he was appointed director of the Co-ordination and Planning Branch of the PLA General Equipment Department, he remained in that position until July 2016, when he was promoted to deputy head of the Department of Equipment Development of the Central Military Commission.[3] In August 2017 he was appointed deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160724/49597450_0.shtml . zh:国共上将后代冯丹宇 搭档解放军要害部门 . ifeng . 2016-07-24 . zh.
  2. News: http://news.qq.com/a/20141204/058335.htm?tu_biz=1.114.1.0 . zh:冯玉祥之孙冯丹宇任总装综合计划部部长 . Tencent. 2014-12-04 . zh.
  3. News: http://news.qq.com/a/20160724/013576.htm . zh:冯丹宇任军委装备发展部副部长 系冯玉祥之孙 . Tencent. 2016-07-24 . zh.
  4. News: Yue Huairang (Chinese: 岳怀让). Jiang Ziwen (Chinese: 蒋子文). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3837775 . zh:解放军海军举行晋衔仪式,冯丹宇等5位军官晋升海军中将 . Thepaper . 4 July 2019 . 14 December 2019 . zh.