Ma Yiming (Chinese: 马宜明; born August 1957) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
Ma was born in Deng County (now Dengzhou), Henan, in August 1957.
He moved up the ranks to become chief of staff in March 2004 and commander in February 2008.
In December 2012, he was made chief of staff of the Jinan Military Region, but having held the position for only two years, then he was promoted to become assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army.
In January 2016, he was commissioned as assistant chief of staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission,[1] and one year later rose to become deputy chief of staff,[2] serving in the post until his retirement in December 2020.