Liu Zhuoming (; born July 1954) is a vice admiral (''

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'') of China's

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(PLA Navy). He serves as Deputy Director of the PLA General Armament Department's Science and Technology Commission. He is the son of Admiral

Liu Huaqing Liu Huaqing (; 1 October 1916 – 14 January 2011) was Chinese revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy, who served as the third Commander-in-Chief of the Navy from 1982 through 1988. He is considered to have greatly co ...

, former CMC vice-chairman and commander of the PLA Navy.

Biography

Liu Zhuoming was born in Dawu County,

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

Province in 1954. Liu Zhuoming received an undergraduate degree in

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from the Changsha School of Engineering. Liu was promoted to

rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

in 2000. In 2001, he was appointed director of the Navy Equipment Proving Research Center (), the navy's main institution for developing and testing weapons, ships, and other technical systems. In 2003, this institution's name was changed to the Navy Equipment Research Institute (). From 2005 to 2010, Liu Zhuoming served as commandant of the

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Province. In February 2010, he served as general director of a joint exercise in applying

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to command and control. In July 2010, Liu was promoted to deputy director of the Science and Technology Commission of the PLA General Armament Department. He is also a delegate to the

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(2013–2018).

Family

Liu Zhuoming is the son of Admiral

, former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, commander of the PLA Navy, and an influential figure in PLA Navy history. According to a classified

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cable published by

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, an unnamed sister of Liu Zhuoming was a board member of

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and other Chinese military or quasi-military companies, and was involved in arms sales to foreign countries.

References

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