Yang Baibing

Yang Baibing (Chinese: 杨白冰; pinyin: Yáng Báibīng; 9 September 1920 – 15 January 2013) was a Chinese military officer. He was a senior general and political commissar in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the younger half-brother of Yang Shangkun. Together, the two brothers effectively controlled the PLA from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Baibing
杨白冰
Yang Baibing
Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
November 1989 – October 1992
Preceded byYang Shangkun
Succeeded byPosition revoked
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office
November 1987 – October 1992
Preceded byYu Qiuli
Succeeded byYu Yongbo
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office
June 1985 – November 1987
Preceded byFu Chongbi
Succeeded byLiu Zhenhua
Personal details
Born
Yang Shangzheng

(1920-09-09)9 September 1920
Tongnan, Chongqing, China
Died15 January 2013(2013-01-15) (aged 92)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
RelationsYang Shangkun
Alma materCounter-Japanese Military and Political University
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service Eighth Route Army
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1938–1993
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Awards Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class; 1955)
Order of Liberation (2nd Class; 1955)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨白冰
Traditional Chinese楊白冰
Yang Shangzheng
Simplified Chinese杨尚正
Traditional Chinese楊尚正
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