Shen Jinlong (simplified Chinese: 沈金龙; traditional Chinese: 沈金龍; pinyin: Shěn Jīnlóng; born October 1956) is a Chinese admiral who served as Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) from 2017 to 2021.^[2]

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Shen Jinlong
沈金龙
Shen Jinlong in 2015
8th Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office January 2017 – September 2021[1]
Preceded by	Wu Shengli
Succeeded by	Dong Jun
Commander of the South Sea Fleet
In office December 2014 – January 2017
Preceded by	Jiang Weilie
Succeeded by	Wang Hai
President of the PLA Naval Command Academy
In office 2011–2014
President of Dalian Naval Academy
In office 2010–2011
Preceded by	Yang Junfei
Succeeded by	Jiang Guoping
Personal details
Born	October 1956 (age 67) Nanhui District, Shanghai, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	?–2021
Rank	Admiral

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Shen was born in Nanhui, Shanghai in October 1956.

Shen's military career began as an enlisted man, whom after receiving a commission advanced in rank to become the commanding officer of a frigate and later a frigate squadron (dadui).^[3][4] He subsequently served as the chief of staff of a frigate division (zhidui) and as commander of Support Base of the North Sea Fleet and president of Dalian Naval Academy.

He was president of Naval Command Academy from 2011 until 2014. In August 2014, he was appointed deputy commander of the South Sea Fleet, and in December was promoted to commander of the fleet, a deputy military region position (副大军区级).^[5] On July 29, 2016, he was awarded the rank of vice admiral (zhong jiang) by the Central Military Commission.^[6] He became commander of the PLA Navy in January 2017, replacing the retiring Admiral Wu Shengli.^[2] In July 2019, Shen was promoted to the rank of admiral (shang jiang).^[7]