Yang Yong (general)

Yang Yong
杨勇
Yang Yong
Secretary of Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
In office September 1982 – January 1983
Deputy Secretary General of Central Military Commission
In office January 1980 – January 1983
Deputy Chief of staff of People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
In office September 1977 – January 1980
Commanding officer of Beijing Military Region
In office September 1958 – June 1963
Preceded by	Yang Chengwu
Succeeded by	Zheng Weishan
Governor of Guizhou
In office January 1950 – April 1951
Preceded by	Gu Zhenglun
Succeeded by	Zhou Lin
Personal details
Born	(1913-10-28)October 28, 1913 Liuyang, Hunan, China
Died	January 6, 1983(1983-01-06) (aged 69) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	3
Alma mater	PLA National Defence University
Awards	Order of Bayi Order of Independence and Freedom Order of Liberation
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army
Years of service	1927-1983
Rank	General
Commands	Commanding officer
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楊勇
Simplified Chinese	杨勇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Yǒng

Yang Yong (Chinese: 杨勇; 28 October 1913 – 6 January 1983) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party between September 1982 and January 1983, and governor of Guizhou, from January 1950 to April 1951.