Yang Yi (military officer)

Yang Yi (; 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 , 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. He participated in the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, leading the information and communication team. In 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.