Yin Hongxing

Yin Hongxing is a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army. Currently he serves as the political commissar of the Souther Theater Command Ground Force, replacing Fang Yongxiang, in office since July 2024.

Biography

Yin Hongxing, born in Changyuan, Henan, in March 1967 and served as political commissar of Unit 71352 of the former Jinan Military Region. In 2016, he was transferred to the deputy secretary of the Army Discipline Inspection Commission of the Southern Theater Command. In May 2018 he got redeployed as the political commissar of the 71st Group Army which is part of the Eastern Theater Command and stationed in Xuzhou, replacing Xu Deqing. In December 2021 Yin Hongxing got promoted to the political commissar of the Tibet Military Region. In July 2024 he was back at the Southern Theater Command, serving as the Ground Forces political commissar and replacing Fang Yongxiang.
Yin Hongxing was promoted to the rank of major general in July 2017. In December 2021, he got promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.