Sun Jianguo

Sun Jianguo
孙建国
Sun Jianguo at The Pentagon in November 2014
Deputy chief of Joint Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy
In office 2004–2006
Succeeded by	Ding Yiping
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 64–65) Wuqiao, Hebei, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	PLA Navy Submarine Academy
Military service
Allegiance	China
Service/branch	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1968 − present
Rank	Admiral

Sun Jianguo (Chinese: 孙建国; born 1952) is an Admiral (shang jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff since 2009.

Sun Jianguo was born in 1952 in Wuqiao, Hebei Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1968, and graduated from the PLA Navy Submarine Academy in 1978. From 1996 to 2000 he served as deputy commander of the Navy submarine base and President of the Submarine Academy. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the PLA Navy in 2000, and promoted to Chief of Staff in 2004. In 2006 he became Assistant to the PLA Chief of Staff, and was promoted to Deputy PLA Chief of Staff in 2009. In 2013, Sun replaced Qi Jianguo as head of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies, taking over responsibility for military intelligence and diplomacy.

He attained the rank of Rear Admiral in 1999, Vice-Admiral in July 2006, and Admiral in July 2011.

Sun was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and is a full member of the 18th Central Committee.