| Office1: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy | ||||
| Term Start1: | January 2022 | ||||
| Predecessor1: | Qin Shengxiang | ||||
| Office2: | Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force | ||||
| Term Start2: | December 2018 | ||||
| Term End2: | March 2019 | ||||
| Predecessor2: | Liu Dewei | ||||
| Successor2: | Zhong Weiguo | ||||
| Office3: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps | ||||
| Term Start3: | March 2017 | ||||
| Term End3: | December 2018 | ||||
| Predecessor3: | New title | ||||
| Successor3: | Wang Hongbin | ||||
| Office4: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute | ||||
| Term Start4: | December 2015 | ||||
| Term End4: | March 2017 | ||||
| Predecessor4: | Li Daoming | ||||
| Successor4: | Position abolished | ||||
| Yuan Huazhi | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
| Birth Place: | Xiantao, Hubei, China | ||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||
| Serviceyears: | 1978–present | ||||
| Rank: | Admiral | ||||
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Yuan Huazhi (; born October 1961) is an admiral (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy since January 2022. He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2015, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in December 2019 and admiral (shangjiang) in January 2022.[1] [2]
Yuan was born in Xiantao, Hubei in October 1961. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1978. He served in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) for a long time. In December 2015 he became Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute, replacing Li Daoming.[3] He was Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps in March 2017,[4] and held that office until December 2018, when he was transferred to the People's Liberation Army Air Force and appointed Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force.[5] In March 2019 he was promoted to become Deputy Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[6] In January 2022, he was promoted again to become Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy.[7]