Yang Zhiliang (military officer)

Yang Zhiliang
杨志亮
Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2019
Commander	Wang Hai
Preceded by	Liu Mingli
Political Commissar of Equipment Department of the People's Liberation Army Navy
In office 2018–2019
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute
In office January 2018 – June 2018
Succeeded by	Lai Ruxin
Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Qingdao Support Base
In office 2010–2011
Preceded by	Zhou Zhiliang
Succeeded by	Sun Chengjie
Personal details
Born	November 1962 (age 61–62) Wuzhi County, Henan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Qiu Jirong
Children	1
Parent(s)	Yang Fucheng Shen Fenglan
Alma mater	Dalian Naval Academy
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Navy
Years of service	1981–present
Rank	Vice Admiral
Battles/wars	Johnson South Reef Skirmish
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楊志亮
Simplified Chinese	杨志亮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Zhìliáng

Yang Zhiliang (Chinese: 杨志亮; born November 1962) is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). He has been Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet since December 2019, and formerly served as Political Commissar of Equipment Department of the People's Liberation Army Navy. He attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in January 2017, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in December 2019.^[1][2]