Yang Baibing

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Yang Baibing (Chinese: 杨白冰 or 杨尚俊; Pinyin: Yáng Báibīng; b. 1920) is a general of the People's Liberation Army.

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He was born in Tongnan County, Chongqing City and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1938.

In 1960, he became the vice director of the political department in Chengdu Military Region. He was persecuted in Cultural Revolution, and was imprisoned illegally for a long time. In 1978, he became the vice director of political department in Beijing Military Region. He was promoted to vice political commissar of Beijing Military Region in 1982, and political commissar there in 1985. He was appointed as the director of the General Political Department of PLA in 1987. He was made general in 1988.

He was the secretary-general in Central Military Commission of CPC, and secretary of central secretariat of CPC. He was a politburo in 14th CPC Central Committee.

He is a cousin of Yang Shangkun.