Wang Dengping (Chinese: 王登平; born November 1952) is a vice admiral (zhong jiang) of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

[2][1] Wang enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1970, in the middle of the Cultural Revolution, and served as a platoon leader before becoming a political officer.

[1] A 2012 article in Global People, a tabloid published by the People's Daily, quotes Chinese military academics as saying that the appointment of VADM Jiang Weilie and VADM Wang to lead the South Sea Fleet indicated China's "firm resolve to safeguard its maritime rights and territorial integrity," and "can be viewed as a signal of more active Chinese responses to South China Sea issues."

Around the same time, the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post described Wang as "famously hawkish.

That same year, he told Hong Kong media, "From a military perspective, [China's] sovereignty over its maritime territories cannot be taken away – not even a single inch of it.

He was also quoted on several instances after the 2009 incident with the U.S. Navy ship Impeccable, asserting China's right to regulate military activities in its exclusive economic zone.