Admiral Wu Sheng Li is the first Chinese Navy Chief (Commander, PLA Navy) to visit India. He is scheduled to visit India on November 01. In the past, Chinese PLA Navy commander has visited Pakistan four times (in 1983,1989,1996,1997) and Bangladesh twice (in 1983,1989). 
Some of the interesting features of Admiral Wu Sheng Li’s five days visit are:
- to meet Defence minister A K Antony and his Indian counterpart Admiral Sureesh Mehta at New Delhi.
- to visit
- the Western Naval Command at Mumbai
- the naval airbase INS Hansa at Goa
- the naval base INS Kadamba/Project Seabird at Karwar
- to finalize Indo-China joint naval exercises as a follow up of previously conducted joint naval exercises in 2003 and 2007.
It is interesting to note that this visit takes place amidst the recently conducted Indo-US joint naval exercise Malabar-08, Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS 2008) and Chinese String of Pearls.
Read about PLA Navy, from Wikipedia.
Here is an interesting Chinese video clip on PLA Navy.
Read more about visit of PLA Navy Chief from The Times of India here and here.
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Update: November 02
Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Chief Admiral Wu Sheng Li has arrived on November 01 on five days visit. Read more from The Times of India.
Update: November 03
To view a handshake photograph of PLA Navy Chief Admiral Wu Sheng Li with Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta at New Delhi, log on to Live Fist.
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