Yin Hongxing

Yin Hongxing
Yin Hongxing
尹红星
Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command Ground Force
	In office; July 2024 – June 2026
Commander	Hu Zhongqiang
Preceded by	Fang Yongxiang
Political Commissar of the Tibet Military Region
	In office; December 2021 – July 2024
Commander	Wang Kai
Preceded by	Zhang Xuejie
Succeeded by	Yuan Honggang
Political Commissar of the 71st Group Army
	In office; May 2018 – December 2021
Commander	Li Zhonglin
Preceded by	Xu Deqing
Succeeded by	Huang Chaohui
Personal details
Born	March 1967 (age 59); Changyuan, Henan, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?-present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	71st Group Army Tibet Military Region Southern Theater Command Ground Force
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	尹红星
Traditional Chinese	尹紅星
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yǐn Hóngxīng

Yin Hongxing (Chinese: 尹红星; born March 1967) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Currently he serves as the political commissar of the Souther Theater Command Ground Force, replacing Fang Yongxiang (Chinese: 方永祥), in office from July 2024 to June 2026.

Biography

Yin Hongxing, born in Changyuan, Henan, in March 1967 and served as political commissar of Unit 71352 ("Tiger Division") of the former Jinan Military Region. In 2016, he was transferred to the deputy secretary of the Army Discipline Inspection Commission of the Southern Theater Command. In May 2018 he got redeployed as the political commissar of the 71st Group Army which is part of the Eastern Theater Command and stationed in Xuzhou, replacing Xu Deqing. In December 2021 Yin Hongxing got promoted to the political commissar of the Tibet Military Region. In July 2024 he was back at the Southern Theater Command, serving as the Ground Forces political commissar and replacing Fang Yongxiang.