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Yang Guoping, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zhongxiang, Hubei province. He was born in 1934, joined the PLA in 1950 and joined the CPC in 1956. Yang held posts in the Military Operation Department of the Shenyang Military Region throughout the 1980s. Subsequently, he held posts in the Jinan Military Region and, in 1996, he became commander of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. Yang was the first armed police officer to win the promotion to general.

Recent Career Data

1998—	General, PLA
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1998	Lieutenant General, PLA
1992—1997	Delegate, 14th CPC, National Congress
1988—1993	Major General, PLA
1983	Graduate, Military Academy of the Chinese PLA
1956	Joined, CPC
1951	Soldier, Korean War
1950	Joined, PLA