Yang Huaiqing
Yang Huaiqing was an admiral in the People's Liberation Army Navy of China. He was a member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress.
Biography
Yang was born in Shouguang County, Shandong, in February 1939. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in January 1958, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1960. He was assigned to the East Sea Fleet in August 1970. He moved up the ranks to become deputy head of Cadre Division of the Political Department in September 1981 and head in June 1983. He became director of the Political Department of the in August 1985, and two years later entered the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party. In January 1988, he became deputy political commissar of the, rising to political commissar six months later. He served as deputy director of the PLA Navy Political Department in June 1990, and two years later promoted to the director position. He was promoted to deputy political commissar of the PLA Navy in December 1993. In July 1995, he was promoted again to become political commissar. 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. He died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 73.He attained the rank of rear admiral in July 1990, vice admiral in July 1994, and admiral in June 2000.