Du Jingchen (Chinese: 杜景臣; born 1952) is a retired vice-admiral (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China.

[1][2] Du was deputy chief of staff of the Lüshun Naval Base from 2002 to 2003, and participated in the search-and-rescue mission after the China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 crash in the Bohai Bay.

[2][3] In December 2009, he was promoted to commander of the East Sea Fleet and concurrently deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, a sharp rise from a deputy corps-level post in less than two years.

In August 2014 he was made deputy commander of the PLAN, replacing Ding Yiping, who had reached the mandatory retirement age.

[2] Du attained the rank of rear admiral in July 2005 and vice-admiral in 2011.