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Zhang Wendan (Chinese: 张文旦; born 1958) is a rear admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. He has served as Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy since January 2018, and previously as Commander of the North Sea Fleet from 2017 to 2018. He commanded the PLA Navy's fifth Gulf of Aden anti-piracy task force in 2010.

Zhang was born in 1958 in Fuyang, Zhejiang Province. He spent most of his career in the South Sea Fleet (SSF), rising to deputy chief of staff of the SSF by 2010 and attained the rank of rear admiral the same year.[1]

From 4 March until 12 September 2010, Zhang commanded the PLA Navy's fifth Gulf of Aden anti-piracy task force to the seas near pirate-infested Somalia. The task force, consisting of the missile destroyer Guangzhou, the missile frigate Chaohu, and the replenishment ship Weishanhu,[2] sailed a record-breaking distance of 92,495 nautical miles over 192 days,[1] and completed 41 missions escorting 588 Chinese and foreign ships. On its return trip home, the task force paid official visits to Egypt, Italy, Greece, and Myanmar, and had a port call in Singapore. The mission received substantial media coverage in China.[2]

He has had a quick succession of promotions since March 2014, when he became the Chief of Staff of the SSF. A year later he was appointed deputy commander of the SSF, and became deputy chief of staff of the Southern Theater Command by December 2016. Just a month later, he was transferred to the North Sea Fleet (NSF), succeeding Yuan Yubai as commander. He served in the NSF for only a year, before being appointed Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy in January 2018, replacing vice-admiral Qiu Yanpeng.