Yang Guoping (; born October 1934) is a

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

in the

People's Armed Police ) , abbreviation = PAP ("People's Armed Police") CAPF ("Chinese Armed Police Force"), formerly abbreviated''Wujing'' ( zh , s = 武警 , p = Wǔjǐng , l = Armed Police , labels = no ), or WJ as on vehicle license plates , patch ...

of China who served as its commander from 1996 to 1999. He was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

Biography

Yang was born in Zhongxiang County (now Zhongxiang),

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

, in October 1934. He enlisted in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

(PLA) in March 1950, and joined the

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(CCP) in March 1956. He became a surveyor in the Northeast China Military District (reshuffled as

Shenyang Military Region The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, whic ...

in 1955) in October 1951, and was promoted to head of Operational Division of Command Department in December 1980. He was chief of staff of the 64th Group Army in May 1983 and deputy chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region in August 1985. He was promoted to chief of staff of the

Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first comman ...

in April 1990. In December 1993, he was promoted again to become its deputy commander. He was appointed vice president of the

PLA National Defence University The National Defense University is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng X ...

in December 1994, and served until February 1996, when he was named commander of the

. His predecessor Ba Zhongtan resigned due to the murder of

Li Peiyao Li Peiyao (; 1 June 1933 – 2 February 1996) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Cangwu County, Guangxi, the son of Li Jishen, the founder of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK), a breakaway faction of the Kuominta ...

vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress The vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress are deputies to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, respon ...

. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' shaojiang'') in 1988,

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('' zhongjiang'') in 1993, and

('' shangjiang'') in 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Guoping 1968 births Living people People from Zhongxiang People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party