Xu Yaoyuan

Xu Yaoyuan (Chinese: 许耀元; born December 1952) is a general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. He is Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science and a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Xu was born in Wujiang, Jiangsu province. He enlisted in the PLA in 1969, and served in the 23rd Army. In 1997 he entered the PLA General Political Department (GPD); in 2004 he was put in charge of the cadres department of the GPD. In 2007 he became assistant to the director of the Department. In 2010 he attained the rank of lieutenant general, and became Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police. In July 2012 he was promoted to full general. In December 2014, Xu replaced General Sun Sijing as Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science.