Cen Xu
| Cen Xu | |
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| 岑旭 | |
| Deputy Political Commissar of the PLA Navy | |
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In office December 2011 – December 2012 Serving with Wang Zhaohai |
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| Political Commissar | Liu Xiaojiang |
| Succeeded by | Wang Sentai |
| Political Commissar of the East Sea Fleet | |
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In office July 2009 – December 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Xu Jianzhong |
| Succeeded by | Ding Haichun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1952 (age 64) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 China
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| Service/branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Years of service | ?−present |
| Rank |
 Vice Admiral
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Cen Xu (Chinese: 岑旭; born August 1952) is a vice admiral (zhong jiang) of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. He has been assistant to the director of the PLA General Political Department since January 2013, and formerly served as a Deputy Political Commissar of the PLA Navy and Political Commissar of the Navy's East Sea Fleet.
Cen Xu was born in Beijing in August 1952. He is of Rudong, Jiangsu ancestry.
Little information is publicly known on Cen's career prior to July 2000, when he became political commissar of Navy Equipment Proving Research Center (海军装备论证研究中心), the PLA Navy's main institution for developing and testing weapons, ships, and other technical systems. In 2003 this institution's name was changed to Navy Equipment Research Institute (海军装备研究院).
In late 2004, Cen was promoted to deputy political commissar of the South Sea Fleet, and concurrently political commissar of South Sea Fleet naval aviation. In 2008, Cen was promoted to political commissar of the East Sea Fleet. He was also made a concurrent deputy political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region. While in this position, he worked alongside VADM Xu Hongmeng and VADM Du Jingchen, and East Sea Fleet Commander VADM Su Zhiqian.
Cen attained the rank of rear admiral in July 2002 and vice admiral in July 2009.
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