Yang Jinshan (; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the

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of China. He served as the Deputy Commander of Chengdu Military Region between July 2013 to October 2014, and Commander of

Tibet Military District The Tibet Military District is a military district of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. It was first established in 1952, possibly from elements previously part of the 18th Corps. In December 1968 it became part of the Chengdu Military ...

from December 2009 to July 2013. Yang is a former member of

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, but was expelled from the body in 2014. Yang was promoted to the rank of

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(''shao jiang'') in December 2005 and lieutenant general (''

zhong jiang (; ja, 将, Shō; ) is the rank held by general officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police use ...

'') in July 2011. Chinese media reported that Yang had close relations with

Xu Caihou Xu Caihou (; June 1943 – March 15, 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As Vice-chairman of the CMC, he was one of th ...

, who is the former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Career

Yang was born in Chengguan Town, Xi County, Henan province in August 1954. He graduated from PLA National Defence University. Yang joined the

in November 1969 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1972. Beginning in 1969, Yang served in several posts in the , including soldier, monitor, staff, battalion commander, and

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. From August 1995 to January 2001, he served as Director of Combat Department of Chengdu Military Region. Then he served as the Chief of staff of the 14th Group Army. He became the Deputy Chief of Staff of Chengdu MR in November 2005, and served until July 2007, when he was appointed Director of Armament Department of Chengdu MR. In December 2009, he was promoted to become Commander of Tibet Military District, he remained in that position until July 2013, when he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Chengdu MR. Sometime in 2014, Yang was investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, the military's top anti-graft body. The details of the investigation were not released, as is common practice with military graft cases. In October 2014, Yang was expelled from the Communist Party at the and ejected from the Communist Party's Central Committee. Official sources did not state the reasons for his expulsion, though Chinese-language media have speculated about his links to the corruption cases of

Gu Junshan Gu Junshan (; born October 1956) is a former lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He served as the Deputy Director of the PLA General Logistics Department (GLD) from Decemb ...

and

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Jinshan 1954 births Living people Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party People's Liberation Army generals from Henan PLA National Defence University alumni People from Xinyang Commanders of the Tibet Military District