Yang Yi (military officer)

Yang Yi
Yang Yi
杨毅
Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 2021
Preceded by	Xu Qiling
deputy commander of the Western Theater Command
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 2021
Commander	Wang Haijiang
Preceded by	Xu Qiling
Commander of the 76th Group Army
	In office; June 2018 – september 2021
Preceded by	Fan Chengcai
Succeeded by	Xu Jiangang
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 58–59); Jiangbei, Chongqing, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	?-present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	14th Army (People's Republic of China) Chengdu Military Region 76th Group Army Western Theater Command Ground Force Western Theater Command
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	杨毅
Traditional Chinese	楊毅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáng Yì

Yang Yi (Chinese: 杨毅; born 1966) is a lieutenant general (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Currently he serves as the commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Force, replacing Xu Qiling (Chinese: 徐起零), in office since September 2021.

Biography

Yang Yi, born in Jiangbei, Chongqing in 1966. He served as an artillery commander in a regiment of the Chengdu Military Region, deputy chief of staff & chief of staff of the 14th Group Army and then as deputy commander of the 76th Group Army and commander from June 2018 to September 2021.^[1] He participated in the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, leading the information and communication team.^[2] On August 2021 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and became the Commander of the Western Theater Command Ground Forces, concurrently serving as a deputy commander of the Western Theater Command.^[3]