Yang Cheng (general)

Yang Cheng
Yang Cheng
杨诚
Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District
	In office; December 2020 – October 2026
Preceded by	Li Wei
Personal details
Born	December 1964 (age 61); Shaoyang, Hunan, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party (expelled in 2026)
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杨诚
Traditional Chinese	楊誠
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáng Chéng

Yang Cheng (Chinese: 杨诚; born December 1964) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District, succeeding Li Wei in December 2020. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Yang was born in Shaoyang, Hunan, in December 1964. He served in Lanzhou Military Region before being appointed political commissar of the Ngari Prefecture Military District. In March 2014, he was made deputy political commissar of the Joint Logistics Department of Lanzhou Military Region, a position he held until March 2015, when he was appointed deputy political commissar of the 21st Group Army. In March 2017, he rose to become political commissar of the newly founded 73rd Group Army. In July 2020, he was given the position of deputy political commissar of the People's Armed Police, but having held the position for only four months, and was reassigned as political commissar of the Xinjiang Military District. In June 2021, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Xinjiang Regional Committee, the region's top authority.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (Shaojiang) in July 2015 and lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 2020.

On 29 October 2026, the fifth plenary session of the 20th CCP Central Committee reviewed and approved the report of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission on the "serious violations of discipline and law" by Yang and confirmed the Politburo decision to expel him from the CCP.

References

↑ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (11 July 2017). 杨诚少将出任东部战区陆军第73集团军政委. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 Jia Nan (贾楠) (10 March 2021). 杨诚中将出任新疆军区政委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (30 June 2021). 新疆党委常委调整军区政委杨诚中将履新. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
↑ 受权发布丨中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第五次全体会议公报 [Authorized Release | Communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. Xinhua News Agency. 29 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-29.

Military offices

New title

Political Commissar of the newly founded 73rd Group Army
2017–2020

Succeeded by

Fang Ming (方明)

Preceded by

Li Wei

Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military District
2020–2026

Incumbent

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[1] Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (11 July 2017). 杨诚少将出任东部战区陆军第73集团军政委. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[dong-2] 1 2 Jia Nan (贾楠) (10 March 2021). 杨诚中将出任新疆军区政委. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[pat-3] 1 2 Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (30 June 2021). 新疆党委常委调整军区政委杨诚中将履新. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[4] 受权发布丨中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第五次全体会议公报 [Authorized Release | Communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. Xinhua News Agency. 29 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-29.