Yang Cheng (Chinese: 杨诚; born December 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) serving as political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District, succeeding Li Wei in December 2020. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.
Yang Cheng | |||||||
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杨诚 | |||||||
| Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District | |||||||
| Assumed office December 2020 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Li Wei | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | December 1964 (age 59) Shaoyang, Hunan, 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 | ?–present | ||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant general | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨诚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊誠 | ||||||
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Biography
editYang was born in Shaoyang, Hunan, in December 1964. He served in Lanzhou Military Region before being appointed political commissar of the Ngari Prefecture Military District. In March 2014, he was made deputy political commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of Lanzhou Military Region, a position he held until March 2015, when he was appointed deputy political commissar of the 21st Group Army. In March 2017, he rose to become political commissar of the newly founded 73rd Group Army.[1] In July 2020, he was given the position of deputy political commissar of the People's Armed Police, but having held the position for only four months, and was reassigned as political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District.[2][3] In June 2021, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Xinjiang Regional Committee, the region's top authority.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of major general (Shaojiang) in July 2015 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2020.[2]
References
edit- ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (11 July 2017). 杨诚少将出任东部战区陆军第73集团军政委. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Jia Nan (贾楠) (10 March 2021). 杨诚中将出任新疆军区政委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (30 June 2021). 新疆党委常委调整 军区政委杨诚中将履新. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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