Yang Xuejun
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Yang Xuejun | |||||||
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杨学军 | |||||||
 Yang Xuejun in 2019 | |||||||
| President of the PLA Academy of Military Science | |||||||
| Assumed office July 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zheng He | ||||||
| President of the National University of Defense Technology | |||||||
| In office June 2011 – July 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Yulin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Deng Xiaogang | ||||||
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| Born | April 1963 (age 62–63) Wucheng County, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Nanjing Institute of Technology National University of Defense Technology | ||||||
| Profession | Computer science | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance |  People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service |  People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1979–present | ||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊學軍 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨学军 | ||||||
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Yang Xuejun (Chinese: 杨学军; born April 1963) is a Chinese educator and computer scientist currently serving as president of the PLA Academy of Military Science. Previously he served as president of the National University of Defense Technology. He was promoted to the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 2004, lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in August 2013 and general (shangjiang) in December 2019.[1]
Yang was born in Wucheng County, Shandong in April 1963. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 1979. In July 1983 he graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology. In December 1984 he joined the Chinese Communist Party. He received his master's degree and doctor's degree in engineering from National University of Defense Technology in 1985 and 1991, respectively.
