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Yao Shuanglong
姚双龙
Commander of the Yunnan Military District
In office March 1994 – March 1998
Preceded by	Zhu Chengyou [zh]
Succeeded by	Wang Jitang [zh]
Personal details
Born	1936 Heqing County, Yunnan, China
Died	2023 (aged 86–87) Kunming, Yunnan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1956–1998
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	姚双龙
Traditional Chinese	姚雙龍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáo Shuānglóng

Yao Shuanglong (Chinese: 姚双龙; 1936 – 1 February 2023) was a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as commander of the Yunnan Military District from 1994 to 1998.

Biography

Yao was born into an ethnic Bai family in Heqing County, Yunnan, in 1936.

In 1956, Yao Shuanglong, who enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at the age of 19, participated in the battle to suppress the rebellion in Xikang Province. In May 1981, Yao, the than commander of the 126th Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 14th Army, led his troops to recapture the Koulin Mountain (扣林山). In 1985, Yao became deputy commander of the Yunnan Military District, rising to commander in 1994. He attained the rank of major general (shaojiang) in 1988.

Yao died in Kunming, on 1 February 2023.

Autobiography

• 血色征程 [Bloody Journey] (in Chinese). Kunming, Yunnan: Yunnan People's Publishing House. 2011. ISBN 9787222085626.

References

1. ^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (4 February 2023). 云南省军区原司令员姚双龙逝世，曾在边境战斗中打出国威军威. The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
2. 姚双龙同志逝世. 81.cn (in Chinese). 2022-05-07. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

• 1936 births
• 2023 deaths
• Bai people
• People from Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
• People's Liberation Army generals from Yunnan