Yang Jinshan (Chinese: 杨金山; born 1954) is a disgraced general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
[1] Yang is a former member of 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, but was expelled from the body in 2014.
Yang was born in Chengguan Town, Xi County, Henan province in August 1954.
[1][3] He became the Deputy Chief of Staff of Chengdu MR in November 2005, and served until July 2007, when he was appointed Director of Armament Department of Chengdu MR.[1][3] In December 2009, he was promoted to become Commander of Tibet Military District, he remained in that position until July 2013, when he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Chengdu MR.[1][3] Sometime in 2014, Yang was investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, the military's top anti-graft body.
[1] Official sources did not state the reasons for his expulsion, though Chinese-language media have speculated about his links to the corruption cases of Gu Junshan and Xu Caihou.