Yang Xuejun

Yang Xuejun
杨学军
Yang Xuejun in 2019
President of the PLA Academy of Military Science
Assumed office
July 2017
Preceded byZheng He
President of the National University of Defense Technology
In office
June 2011 – July 2017
Preceded byZhang Yulin
Succeeded byDeng Xiaogang
Personal details
BornApril 1963 (age 61)
Wucheng County, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNanjing Institute of Technology
National University of Defense Technology
ProfessionComputer science
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1979–present
Rank General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Xuéjūn

Yang Xuejun (Chinese: 杨学军; born April 1963) is a Chinese educator and computer scientist currently serving as president of the PLA Academy of Military Science. Previously he served as president of the National University of Defense Technology. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2004, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in August 2013 and general (shangjiang) in December 2019.[1]

  1. ^ 7人晋升上将军衔 何卫东升任东部战区司令(图). sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.