PLA Figures

General Yang Yong

　　　Born in 1913 in Hunan Province, and passed away on Jan.6, 1983 in Beijing.

Yang Yong was conferred the rank of General in 1955.

Chairman Mao was aiming at a target with the rifle of a sharpshooter when he was watching the military performance. The one on the right was Yang Yong, the commander of the Beijing Military Area Command.	The 115th Division of the 8th Route Army was marching on the Pingxingguang.
Commander Yang Yong (third from left) was together with the leaders of the 1st Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army.	Yang Yong shook hands with Chairman Mao after he led the Chinese Peoples Volunteers back from Korea.