Guan Youfei

Guan Youfei
关友飞
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Charles W. Hopper (right), a Defense attache, observes relief operations with Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, deputy director for the Chinese Defense Ministry's foreign affairs office in 2008.
Director of the Central Military Commission's International Military Cooperation Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 January 2016
Director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office
In office February 2013 – January 2016
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 66–67) Wuzhou, Guangxi
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University Dalian Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1976-present
Rank	Rear Admiral

Guan Youfei (simplified Chinese: 关友飞; traditional Chinese: 關友飛; pinyin: Guān Yǒufēi; born 1957) is a rear admiral (shao jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission since January 2016.

Biography

Guan Youfei was born in 1957 in Wuzhou, Guangxi. In 1975 he graduated from The High School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University. He was conscripted into military service in 1976, during the end of the Cultural Revolution. He served in various posts in the navy ship force before studying at Dalian Naval Academy. In 2008, he was appointed deputy director of the Ministry of National Defence Foreign Affairs Office, and five years later promoted to the Director position. Guan Youfei was promoted to the rank of rear admiral (shao jiang) in 2009. On January 15, 2016, he became director of the newly established Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission , after China's reform of national defense and the army (中央军委关于深化国防和军队改革的意见).