Chen Qingji

Chen Qingji (6 December 1937 – 30 November 2023) was a rear admiral in the People's Liberation Army Navy of China who served as president of Dalian Naval Academy between 1992 and 1994.

Biography
Chen was born in Jiangyin County (now Jiangyin), Jiangsu, on 6 December 1937. He attended Jiangyin Chenghan Primary School (now Chengjiang Central Primary School ) and Jiangyin Nanjing Middle School.

Chen enlisted in the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in 1953, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1956. In 1958, he took command of a torpedo boat and took part in the naval engagement along the coast during the bombardment of Kinmen. In August 1985, he was appointed as chief of staff of the East Sea Fleet (now Eastern Theater Command Navy). In 1986, he enrolled in the first phase of the Department of National Defense Studies at the PLA National Defence University. He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in 1988. In June 1990, he was given the position of commander of the Guangzhou Naval Base. In December 1992, he was named president of Dalian Naval Academy, succeeding Jiang Kexu. In December 1994, he was commissioned as deputy commander of the East Sea Fleet, serving in the post until his retirement in January 1998.

On 30 November 2023, Chen died in Shanghai, at the age of 84.