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{{Short description|Chinese naval officer}}
{{Family name hatnote|[[Wéi (surname 韋)|Wei]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| office1           = Captain of [[Type 052D destroyer]] ''Shaoxing''
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| name              = Wei Huixiao
| native_name       = 韦慧晓
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| birth_place       = [[Baise]], [[Guangxi]], China
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| alma_mater        = [[Nanjing University]]<br>[[Sun Yat-sen University]]<br>[[Dalian Naval Academy]]
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'''Wei Huixiao''' ({{zh|s=韦慧晓}}; born November 1977) is a Chinese naval officer who is the current captain of [[Type 052D destroyer]] ''Shaoxing'', in office since March 2022.<ref name="duck">{{cite news |author1=Phoebe, Zhang |title=Chinese navy names its first woman captain of a warship |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3175339/mistress-and-commander-chinese-navy-names-its-first-female |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=South China Morning Post |date=24 April 2022}}</ref> She is a representative of the [[19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Shi Kuiji ({{lang|zh|史奎吉}})|author2=Jiang Min ({{lang|zh|江敏}})|author3=Liu Weitai ({{lang|zh|刘伟泰}})|url=http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2017-11-06/doc-ifynmvuq9016828.shtml |script-title=zh:十九大代表、海军首位女舰长韦慧晓回到部队后都干了啥？ |work=sian |date=6 November 2017 |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Biography==
Wei was born into a [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]] ethnicity family in [[Baise]], [[Guangxi]], in November 1977.
==Education and early career==
In 1996, she entered [[Nanjing University]].<ref name="cat">{{cite news|author1=Yang Tianzi ({{lang|zh|杨甜子}})|url=http://news.cnhubei.com/content/2022-04/25/content_14694524.html |script-title=zh:南京大学校友韦慧晓成为人民海军首位女舰长 |work=cnhubei.com |date=25 April 2022 |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> In October 1998, the university awarded the "Honorary Doctor" degree to former [[U.S. President]] [[George H. W. Bush]]. The university determined Wei to be the messenger of flowers. When she congratulated Bush in fluent English, Bush held her hand and said, "you are a beautiful girl."<ref>{{cite news|author1=Ou Qijin ({{lang|zh|欧其锦}})|url=http://wzhd.gxnews.com.cn/staticpages/20130324/newgx514e3105-7218363-3.shtml |script-title=zh:辽宁舰首位美女博士军官 "嫁"给航母的壮乡妹(图) |work=gxnews.com.cn |date=24 March 2013 |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>
After graduating in 2000, she joined [[Huawei]] as a senior vice president secretary and administrative assistant, and won the company's "Gold Medal Individual" award and the title of "Gold Medal Team" for her excellent performance.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Lin Shining ({{lang|zh|林世宁}})|author2=Huang Aicheng ({{lang|zh|黄爱成}})|url=http://www.people.com.cn/24hour/n/2013/0325/c25408-20907107.html |script-title=zh:韦慧晓，“嫁”给航母的女博士 |work=people.com.cn |date=25 March 2013 |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> In 2004, she became a graduate student at the Department of Earth Sciences, [[Sun Yat-sen University]]. During her studies, she became a volunteer in [[Nyingchi]], [[Wenchuan County]] and later the [[2008 Beijing Olympic Games]].<ref name="cat"/>
==Military career==
Wei enlisted in the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) in January 2012 and became a crew member at the [[Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning|Chinese aircraft carrier ''Liaoning'']].<ref name="bee">{{cite news|author1=Fang Sihang ({{lang|zh|方思航}})|author2=Liu Yaxun ({{lang|zh|刘亚迅}})|url=http://military.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0308/c1011-30964786.html |script-title=zh:海军某驱逐舰韦慧晓：博士舰长敢闯海 |work=people.com.cn |date=8 March 2019 |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> After studying navigation command and ship tactical command from [[Dalian Naval Academy]] in March 2014, she was promoted to deputy chief of Navigation Department of the Chinese aircraft carrier ''Liaoning''. In January 2015, she visited the [[United States]] as a member of the delegation of the first batch of navy ship captains. In April 2015, she was promoted to practice vice captain of the ''Changchun'' destroyer and was promoted again to vice captain in March 2016.<ref name="bee"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Wei Huixiao: first female PhD to work on China's aircraft carrier |url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0328/c90000-9036573.html |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=people.cn |date=28 March 2016}}</ref> In 2017, she was reassigned as vice captain of the ''Zhengzhou'' destroyer, and was elevated to practice captain in February 2018.<ref name="bee"/> In April 2022, she rose to become captain of [[Type 052D destroyer]] ''Shaoxing'', becoming the first female captain of the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]].<ref name="duck"/><ref name="cat"/><ref>{{cite news |title=China's PLA Navy Appoints its First Female Commanding Officer |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/china-s-pla-navy-appoints-its-first-female-commanding-officer |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=maritime-executive.com |date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Yang, Jie |title=PLA navy training first female captain |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201807/06/WS5b3efc83a3103349141e1287.html |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=Chinadaily.com |date=6 July 2018}}</ref>
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[[Category:Huawei people]]
[[Category:Chinese beauty pageant winners]]