Hou Shusen (Chinese: 侯树森; born June 1950) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

He was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Hou was born in Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County, Liaoning, in June 1950.

He served in the Shenyang Military Region since joining the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and eventually becoming its chief of staff in December 2005.

[1] In July 2009, he succeeded Liu Zhenwu as deputy chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department, serving in the post until his retirement in November 2014.