Yang Guoliang (Chinese: 杨国梁; born March 1938) is a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as commander of the Second Artillery Corps from 1992 to 2003.^[1]

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Yang Guoliang
杨国梁
Commander of the Second Artillery Corps
In office November 1992 – January 2003
Preceded by	Li Xuge [zh]
Succeeded by	Jing Zhiyuan
Personal details
Born	March 1938 (age 86) Zunhua County, Hebei, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Beihang University PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force (1963–1985) Second Artillery Corps (1985–2003)
Years of service	1963–2003
Rank	General
Unit	Second Artillery Corps
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杨国梁
Traditional Chinese	楊國樑
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Guóliáng

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He was an alternate member of the 12th and 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 14th and 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress.

Yang was born in Zunhua County (now Zunhua), Hebei, in March 1938. He secondary studied at Changli No. 1 High School. In 1958, he entered Beihang University, majoring in the system design of missile.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1961 and enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in winter of 1963. He was assigned to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in October 1964. In September 1983, he became deputy commander of the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, rising to commander in 1985. He served as deputy commander of the Second Artillery Corps in July 1985, and seven years later promoted to the commander position. In 2003, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee, serving in the post until his retirement in 2008.

He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in September 1988, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in July 1993, and general (shangjiang) in March 1998.^[2]