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Yang Guoliang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zunhua, Hebei province. He was born in 1938, graduated from the Beijing Aeronautical Institute and joined the CPC in 1961. Yang joined the PLA soonafter and held positions in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. He served as commander of the PLA 2nd Artillery Force in 1992.

Recent Career Data

1998—	General, PLA
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1998	Lieutenant General, PLA
1992—	Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, 2nd Artillery Force
1992—1997	Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1988—1993	Major General, PLA
1987—1992	Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee
1985—1992	Deputy Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, 2nd Artillery Force
1982—1987	Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1963	Joined, PLA