Yang Shiguang

Director of the PLA Navy Political DepartmentIn office
December 2014 – December 2015Preceded byDing HaichunSucceeded byPosition abolishedDirector of Political Department of the East Sea FleetIn office
2012–2014Preceded byLiu MingliSucceeded byWen Xinchao Personal detailsBorn1956 (age 67–68)
ChinaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army NavyRank Vice AdmiralUnitEast Sea Fleet (2012–2014)

Yang Shiguang (simplified Chinese: 杨世光; traditional Chinese: 楊世光; pinyin: Yáng Shìguāng; born 1956) is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China.^[1] He was director of the PLA Navy Political Department between December 2014 and December 2015.

Yang was political commissar of Naval Aeronautical Engineering Institute in June 2009, and held that office until March 2012. Then he was commissioned as director of the Political Department of the East Sea Fleet, he remained in that position until December 2014, when he was elevated to director of the PLA Navy Political Department. Yang attained the rank of rear admiral (shaojiang) in July 2010, and was promoted to the rank of vice admiral (zhongjiang) in July 2016.^[2]

Military offices
Preceded by Liu Mingli	Director of the Political Department of the East Sea Fleet 2012–2014	Succeeded by Wen Xinchao (温新超)
Preceded by Ding Haichun	Director of the Political Department of the PLA Navy 2014–2015	Succeeded by Position abolished