Zhang Yulin (Chinese: 张育林; born January 1958) is an astronautic engineer and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

He has been Deputy Director of the PLA General Armaments Department since 2011, and previously served as the President of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), and Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

From July 1984 Zhang was a lecturer and researcher at NUDT working on rocket engine dynamics and control.

In 1988 Zhang graduated Doctor of Engineering from the Department of Industrial Automation of Zhejiang University.

In 2004 Zhang was appointed as Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, which is the largest spaceport of China.