Liu Huaqing was the Commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

 from 1982 through 1988, and is considered to been responsible for its modernization efforts.

He had outlined a vision by which the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 would have a navy of global reach by the second half of the 21st century. He was a strong advocate of the future Chinese aircraft carrier

Future Chinese aircraft carrier

Since the 1970s, the People's Liberation Army Navy has expressed interest in operating an aircraft carrier as part of its blue water aspirations, and press reports have frequently quoted senior Chinese military officials as expressing an intention to build aircraft carriers...

 program.

Liu died on January 14, 2011 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

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External links

Biography of Liu Huaqing

• Ruminations about how little we know about the PLA Navy. Conference on Chinese Military Affairs, October 10, 2000