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liu huaqing in 1955 january 14 , 2011 beijing hubei yang zhang wannian shangkun , zhang zhen , chi haotian and 200px chairman chinese vice chairman of the central military commission communist party of china 刘华清 october 1916 '' 1993 ` state commission '' ' : 28 march jiang zemin liu huaqing 1955.jpg liu huaqing
 5 : november 1989 & ndash ; 18 september 1997 march 1998 '' ` party commission '' ' liu huaqing
liu huaqing

liu huaqing -lrb- ; october 1916 -- january 14 , 2011 -rrb- was the commander of the chinese people 's liberation army navy from 1982 through 1988 , and is considered to been responsible for its modernization efforts .
he had outlined a three-step process by which china would have a navy of global reach by the second half of the 21st century .
in step one , from 2000 to 2010 , china would develop a naval force that could operate up to the first island chain .
in step two , from 2010 to 2020 , china 's navy would become a regional force capable of projecting force to the second island chain .
in step three , to be achieved by 2040 , china would possess a blue-water navy with the aircraft carrier as its centerpiece .
he was a strong advocate of the future chinese aircraft carrier program .
he was also the top commander of the troops enforcing martial law to suppress the tiananmen square protests in june 3 -- 4 , 1989 .
from 1992 to 1997 liu was a member of the politburo standing committee .
he was the last standing committee member of military background .
since he left the supreme council in 1997 no other military leader have sat on the committee .
liu died on january 14 , 2011 in beijing .
