Yu Linxiang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yincheng City, Hubei Province. He was born in 1945, started to work in 1960 and joined the CPC in 1966. He was the political commissar of the PLA Lanzhou military Region from 2004 to 2007. Currently, he is political commissar of Chinese People's Armed Police Force and a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2001 and general in 2006.