The Central Military Commission has issued an order appointing
Zhang Dingfa as commander of the Navy of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA), replacing Shi Yunsheng.
Hu
Yanlin replaced Yang Huaiqing as the political commissar of the PLA
Navy.
The order was issued with the approval of the Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China.
(China Daily June 13, 2003)