| Office1: | Director of the Central Guard Bureau | ||||||
| Term Start1: | December 1978 | ||||||
| Term End1: | August 1994 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Wang Dongxing | ||||||
| Successor1: | You Xigui | ||||||
| Office2: | Communist Party Secretary of Tsinghua University | ||||||
| Term Start2: | January 1970 | ||||||
| Term End2: | January 1972 | ||||||
| President2: | Zhang Rongwen | ||||||
| Office3: | Political Commissar of the Central Guard Regiment | ||||||
| Term Start3: | June 1953 | ||||||
| Term End3: | February 1974 | ||||||
| 1Blankname3: | Commander | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | New title | ||||||
| Successor3: | Wu Jianhua | ||||||
| Yang Dezhong | |||||||
| Native Name: | 杨德中 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1923 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China | ||||||
| Death Place: | Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Counter-Japanese Military and Political University | ||||||
| Serviceyears: | 1938–1994 | ||||||
| Rank: | General | ||||||
| Battles: | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War | ||||||
| Mawards: | Order of Liberation (2nd Class; 1955) Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class; 1955) | ||||||
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Yang Dezhong (; 1 December 1923 – 12 November 2020) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as party secretary of Tsinghua University from 1970 to 1972 and director of the Central Guard Bureau from 1978 to 1994.
He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Yang was born into an intellectual family in Xi'an, Shaanxi, on 1 December 1923, while his ancestral home in Weinan. He attended Xi'an Provincial No. 1 High School and graduated from the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University. He became a member of the Chinese National Liberation Vanguard in 1936. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in 1938, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the same year.[1] [2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he participated in the Battle of Qingkou and the .[1] [2] During the Chinese Civil War, he engaged in the,, Battle of Jinan, Huaihai campaign, and Yangtze River Crossing campaign.[1] [2]
He was political commissar of the Central Guard Regiment in June 1953, and held that office until February 1974.[1] [2] He also served as deputy director of the Central Guard Bureau since 1965. During the Cultural Revolution in July 1968, he marched the to stabilize the situation of Tsinghua University. As a result of his distinguished performance, he was made party secretary of Tsinghua University. He was appointed director of the Central Guard Bureau in December 1978, in addition to serving as deputy director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party in September 1980 and director of the Security Bureau of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in January 1983.[1] [2]
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988 and general (shangjiang) in 1994.[1] [2]
On 12 November 2020, he died in Beijing, at the age of 96.[1] [2]