Zhou Yaning (Chinese: 周亚宁; born December 1957) is a general (shang jiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

Zhou Yaning was born in Nangong, Hebei.

He joined the People's Liberation Army in December 1976, at the age of 19.

[1] Zhou replaced Wei Fenghe as commander of the PLA Rocket Force in September 2017,[2] and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in August 2016.

[4] In October 2017, Zhou was elected a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.