Yang Baibing

Yang Baibing
杨白冰
Yang Baibing
Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
In office November 1989 – October 1992
Preceded by	Yang Shangkun
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office November 1987 – October 1992
Preceded by	Yu Qiuli
Succeeded by	Yu Yongbo
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office June 1985 – November 1987
Preceded by	Fu Chongbi [zh]
Succeeded by	Liu Zhenhua
Personal details
Born	Yang Shangzheng (1920-09-09)9 September 1920 Tongnan, Chongqing, China
Died	15 January 2013(2013-01-15) (aged 92) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Relations	Yang Shangkun
Alma mater	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	Eighth Route Army  People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1938–1993
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War
Awards	Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class; 1955) Order of Liberation (2nd Class; 1955)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杨白冰
Traditional Chinese	楊白冰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Báibīng
Yang Shangzheng
Simplified Chinese	杨尚正
Traditional Chinese	楊尚正
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Shàngzhèng

Yang Baibing (Chinese: 杨白冰; pinyin: Yáng Báibīng; 9 September 1920 – 15 January 2013) was a Chinese military officer. He was a senior general and political commissar in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the younger half-brother of Yang Shangkun. Together, the two brothers effectively controlled the PLA from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.^[1][2][3]