Ding Yiping (Chinese: 丁一平; born February 1951) is a retired vice-admiral (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China.

[1][2] He is the son of Lieutenant General Ding Qiusheng (丁秋生), the founding political commissar of PLAN's North Sea Fleet, and therefore considered a "princeling".

[1] He spent most of his career in the North Sea Fleet of the Jinan Military Region,[3] successively serving on the naval ships Kunming, Chengdu, and Changsha.

He was appointed President of Guangzhou Naval Academy in July 1993, and promoted to the rank of rear admiral the same month.

[1][2] Ding was appointed chief of staff of the North Sea Fleet in January 1995 and deputy commander in December 1997.

In the accident's aftermath, Ding was demoted by one grade to deputy chief of staff of the Navy, removing him from contention.