Yang Yong (general)
| Yang Yong 杨勇 |
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Yang Yong
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| Secretary of Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee | |
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In office September 1982 – January 1983 |
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| Deputy Secretary General of Central Military Commission. | |
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In office January 1980 – January 1983 |
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| Deputy Chief of staff of People's Liberation Army General Staff Department | |
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In office September 1977 – January 1980 |
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| Governor of Guizhou | |
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In office January 1950 – April 1951 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 28, 1913 Liuyang, Hunan |
| Died | January 6, 1983 (aged 69) Beijing |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Children | Yang Xiaoping (杨小平) |
| Alma mater | PLA National Defence University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Awards |
Order of Bayi Order of Independence and Freedom Order of Liberation |
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| Allegiance |
 People's Republic of China
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| Service/branch |
 People's Liberation Army
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| Years of service | 1927-1983 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands | Commanding officer |
| Battles/wars |
Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War |
| Yang Yong | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊勇 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 杨勇 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Yǒng |
Yang Yong (28 October 1913 – 6 January 1983) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He served as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee between September 1982 to January 1983, and governor of Guizhou, from January 1950 to April 1951.
Yang Yong was born Yang Shijun (Chinese: 杨世峻/楊世峻) in Wenjiashi Town of Liuyang, Hunan province, Republic of China.
In 1926, Yang joined the Young Pioneers of China and served as the captain. In April 1927, he joined the Communist Youth League of China. After the Mari Incident (Chinese: 馬日事變/马日事变), he took part in the Long March.
In February 1930, Yang joined the Communist Party of China and Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, at that time, he took part in the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he wounded in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
In May 1940, Yang served as the commanding officer of the West of Shandong Military Region.
In 1945, Yang took part in the Handan Campaign, then Longhai Campaign, Dingtao Campaign, and Huai County Campaign.
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