Ju Xinchun

Ju Xinchun (Chinese: 鞠新春; pinyin: Jū Xīnchūn; born 1965) is a vice admiral of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) who served as commander of the Southern Theater Command Navy in 2023.

[1] He was captain of Type 052 destroyer, participating in the first Sino-French Naval Maritime Joint Exercise in 2004.

[2] He was head of Equipment Department of the South China Sea Fleet (now Southern Theater Command Navy) in 2015 and subsequently deputy commander in April 2016.

[3][4] In 2021, he was appointed as deputy director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission and deputy commander in chief of China's Manned Space Engineering, as well as deputy commander in chief of the Space Station Phase Flight Mission Headquarters.

[6] On 17 November 2023, his qualification for delegates to the 14th National People's Congress was terminated on suspicion of "serious violations of discipline and law".