Tian Zhong
{{Short description|Chinese Navy admiral}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tian Zhong
| native_name = 田中
| native_name_lang = zh-cn
| image = Tian Zhong Portrait.jpg
| caption = Tian in 2012
| office = Deputy Commander of the PLA Navy
| term_start = January 2014
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Commander
| 1namedata = Wu Shengli
| office1 = Commander of the North Sea Fleet
| term_start1 = January 2008
| term_end1 = December 2013
| predecessor1 = Su Shiliang
| successor1 = Qiu Yanpeng
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}
| birth_place = Huanghua, Hebei, China
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| party = {{CCP flag}}
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| allegiance = {{PRC}}
| branch = {{navy|China}}
| serviceyears = 1974 − present
| rank = 48px Vice-Admiral
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{{family name hatnote|Tian|lang=Chinese}}
Tian Zhong ({{zh|c=田中}}; born 1956) is a vice-admiral (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. He has been deputy commander of the PLAN since 2014, and formerly served as commander of the North Sea Fleet.
Early life
Career
Zhong joined the PLAN in 1974; he attained the rank of rear admiral in 2001 and vice-admiral in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Tian_Zhong%7C4769 |title=Tian Zhong |publisher=China Vitae |accessdate=25 April 2015}}
From December 2007 to January 2014, Tian served as commander of the North Sea Fleet as well as deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region. He became deputy commander of the PLA Navy in January 2014, and Rear Admiral Qiu Yanpeng succeeded him as commander of the North Sea Fleet.{{cite web |url=http://news.qq.com/a/20140106/002337.htm |script-title=zh:田中升任海军副司令员 邱延鹏接任北海舰队司令 |publisher=Tencent |date=2014-01-16 |language=Chinese |accessdate=25 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41937&cHash=6596e44f8d7d62e11038e307359acaea#.VTyNyRPF8pA |title=Recent Personnel Shifts Hint at Major Changes on the Horizon for PLA Navy Leadership |author1=David Liebenberg |author2=Jeffrey Becker |publisher=Jamestown Foundation |date=2014-02-07}}
Tian Zhong was a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.