Diao Guoxin (Chinese: 刁国新; born October 1958) is a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

[1] In February 1979, Diao was transferred from the Nanjing Military Region to the 14th Group Army, and fought in the Sino-Vietnamese War.

[1] Diao rose through the ranks of the 14th Group Army, eventually rising to political commissar of the corps in July 2007.

[1] On 15 July 2014, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhong jiang) together with Xu Yong, commander of the Tibet MD.

[2] In August 2016, Diao Guoxin was appointed deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, newly established.