Yang Jinshan

Yang Jinshan
杨金山
Commander of the Tibet Military District
In office
December 2009 – July 2013
Preceded byShu Yutai (舒玉泰)
Succeeded byXu Yong
Personal details
BornAugust 1954 (age 70)
Xi County, Henan, China
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army
Years of serviceNovember 1969 – October 2014
Rank Lieutenant general
Unit14th Group Army
CommandsCommander of Tibet Military District (2009–2013)
Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region (2013–2014)
Yang Jinshan
Traditional Chinese楊金山
Simplified Chinese杨金山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jīnshān

Yang Jinshan (Chinese: 杨金山; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of Tibet Military District from December 2009 to July 2013.[1] Yang is a former member of 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, but was expelled from the body in 2014.[2]

Yang was promoted to the rank of major general (shao jiang) in December 2005 and lieutenant general (zhong jiang) in July 2011. Chinese media reported that Yang had close relations with Xu Caihou, who is the former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

  1. ^ 成都军区副司令员杨金山严重违纪被开除党籍. Tencent (in Chinese). 2014.
  2. ^ 中国共产党第十八届中央委员会委员名单. Tencent (in Chinese). 2012.