Yang Zhiliang (Chinese: 杨志亮; born November 1962) is a vice admiral (zhongjiang) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

[1][2] Yang was born into a family of farming background in the town of Xieqiying, in Wuzhi County, Henan in November 1962.

After graduating in March 1988, he took part in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish and won First Class Merit.

In December 2019 he was promoted to become Political Commissar of the South Sea Fleet, replacing Liu Mingli.

[citation needed] His wife Qiu Jirong (邱积荣) is a doctor at a hospital in Dalian, Liaoning.