Ma Yiming (lieutenant general)

This article is about a Chinese military officer. For the Chinese boxer, see Ma Yiming (boxer).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Ma Yiming (Chinese: 马宜明; born August 1957) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

Ma Yiming
马宜明
Assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army
In office December 2014 – December 2015
Preceded by	Gao Jin
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Chief of Staff of the Jinan Military Region
In office December 2012 – December 2014
Preceded by	Zhao Zongqi
Succeeded by	Zhang Ming
Commander of the 26th Group Army
In office January 2008 – December 2012
Preceded by	Zhu Wenyu
Succeeded by	Tan Min
Personal details
Born	August 1957 (age 67) Deng County, Henan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?–2020
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	马宜明
Traditional Chinese	馬宜明
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎ Yímíng

Biography

Ma was born in Deng County (now Dengzhou), Henan, in August 1957. He was assigned to the 26th Group Army (now 80th Group Army) in 2004. He moved up the ranks to become chief of staff in March 2004 and commander in February 2008. In December 2012, he was made chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region, but having held the position for only two years, then he was promoted to become assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army. In January 2016, he was commissioned as assistant chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, and one year later rose to become deputy chief of staff, serving in the post until his retirement in December 2020.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in July 2005 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2014.