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]
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.
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]