| Office1: | Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet | ||||
| Term Start1: | December 2019 | ||||
| Predecessor1: | Liu Mingli | ||||
| 1Blankname1: | Commander | ||||
| 1Namedata1: | Wang Hai | ||||
| Office2: | Political Commissar of Equipment Department of the People's Liberation Army Navy | ||||
| Term Start2: | 2018 | ||||
| Term End2: | 2019 | ||||
| Office3: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute | ||||
| Term Start3: | January 2018 | ||||
| Term End3: | June 2018 | ||||
| Successor3: | Lai Ruxin | ||||
| Office4: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Qingdao Support Base | ||||
| Term Start4: | 2010 | ||||
| Term End4: | 2011 | ||||
| Predecessor4: | Zhou Zhiliang | ||||
| Successor4: | Sun Chengjie | ||||
| Yang Zhiliang | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
| Birth Place: | Wuzhi County, Henan, China | ||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||
| Spouse: | Qiu Jirong | ||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||
| Parents: | Yang Fucheng Shen Fenglan | ||||
| Alma Mater: | Dalian Naval Academy | ||||
| Serviceyears: | 1981 - present | ||||
| Rank: | Vice Admiral | ||||
| Battles: | Johnson South Reef Skirmish | ||||
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Yang Zhiliang (; 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]
Yang was born into a family of farming background in the town of Xieqiying, in Wuzhi County, Henan in November 1962.[3] He has a younger brother.[3] He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1981.[3] In 1983 he was accepted to Dalian Naval Academy. After graduating in March 1988, he took part in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish and won First Class Merit.[3] In 2003 he was transferred to Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region. He was Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Navy Qingdao Support Base between 2010 and 2011. Then he was Deputy Political Commissar of the North Sea Fleet Air Force. He was Deputy Director of Political Department of the South Sea Fleet in 2015, and held that office until January 2018. He became Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Naval Research Institute in January 2018, but having held the position for only six months, and then he was appointed Political Commissar of Equipment Department of the People's Liberation Army Navy. In December 2019 he was promoted to become Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet, replacing Liu Mingli.
His wife Qiu Jirong is a doctor at a hospital in Dalian, Liaoning.[3] Their son was born in 1988.[3]