Zhang Yang (Chinese: 张阳; pinyin: Zhāng Yáng; August 1951 – November 23, 2017) was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as Director of the Political Work Department.

From September 2007 to December 2015, he was political commissar and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Guangzhou Military Region.

[2] Zhang was a member of the 17th and 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress.

[citation needed] Zhang Yang was under investigation by the Central Military Commission on August 28, 2017, for discipline violations and bribery.

[3][4][5] He is believed to have committed suicide at his home on November 23, 2017, making him the most senior military figure to have done so during the ongoing graft investigations among PLA personnel.