Yang Guohai (Chinese: 杨国海; born May 1950) is a retired lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), who served as Chief of Staff of the PLAAF from 2007 to 2013.

He was an associate of Xu Qiliang in Shanghai, who later rose to become Commander of the PLAAF.

[2] Yang was appointed chief of staff of the Lanzhou Military Region Air Force in 2000, and stayed in the post for six years, which delayed his career advancement.

His deputy period was considered transitional, waiting for the incumbent chief of staff Zhao Zhongxin to vacate the position.

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