Yang Deqing (Chinese: 杨德清; born September 1942) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1963, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 1964.

From February 1974 to March 1977, he was a secretary of the Secretariat of the Political Department of Wuhan Military District.

He was political commissar of PLA Academy of Military Economics in June 1990, but having held the position for only a year and a half.

[1][2][3][4] In March 2008, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee.