# Peng Yong

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{{family name hatnote|[Peng](/source/Peng_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Peng Yong
| native_name      = 彭勇
| native_name_lang = zh-cn
| image            =
| caption          = 
| office           = Commander of the [Xinjiang Military District](/source/Xinjiang_Military_District)
| term_start       = July 2011
| term_end         = January 2017
| predecessor      = [Zhu Jinlin](/source/Zhu_Jinlin)
| successor        = [Liu Wanlong](/source/Liu_Wanlong)
| birth_date       = {{birth year and age|1954|1}}
| birth_place      = [Lulong County](/source/Lulong_County), [Hebei](/source/Hebei), China
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| party            = [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party)
| alma_mater       = 
| spouse           = 
| allegiance       = {{flag|China}}
| branch           = [People's Liberation Army](/source/People's_Liberation_Army)
| service_years    = 1970 − present
| rank             = 48px [Lieutenant General](/source/Jiang_(rank))
| commands         = 
| unit             = 
| battles          = 
| awards           =  
}}

'''Peng Yong''' ({{lang-zh|c=彭勇|p=Péng Yǒng}}; born January 1954) is a retired lieutenant general (''[zhong jiang](/source/zhong_jiang)'') in the Chinese [People's Liberation Army](/source/People's_Liberation_Army) who served as commander of the [Xinjiang Military District](/source/Xinjiang_Military_District).

Originally from [Lulong County](/source/Lulong_County), Hebei, Peng joined the military in 1970. He served in the [21st Group Army](/source/21st_Group_Army), then the [47th Group Army](/source/47th_Group_Army), before joining the Xinjiang Military District as its commander.  He was promoted to lieutenant general in November 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=中国解放军和武警部队今年共晋升22中将 |url=http://www.takungpao.com/mainland/content/2012-08/20/content_961123.htm |date=2012-08-20 |newspaper=[Ta Kung Pao](/source/Ta_Kung_Pao) |access-date=2015-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061223/http://www.takungpao.com/mainland/content/2012-08/20/content_961123.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also served on the Xinjiang [Autonomous Regional Standing Committee](/source/provincial_Party_Standing_Committee) of the Communist Party, but was removed from the position as a result of the [2013 Tiananmen Square attack](/source/2013_Tiananmen_Square_attack), thought to be perpetrated by Uyghurs from Xinjiang. He was replaced by Major General [Liu Lei](/source/Liu_Lei), [political commissar](/source/political_commissar) of the Xinjiang Military District.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zaobao.com.sg/media/photo/story20131104-272504 |script-title=zh:天安门冲撞事件后 新疆军区司令彭勇被免党职 |date=4 November 2013 |newspaper=[Lianhe Zaobao](/source/Lianhe_Zaobao) |language=Chinese |archive-date=27 October 2018 |access-date=26 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027071935/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/media/photo/story20131104-272504 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/world/asia/china-demotes-a-military-commander-after-attack-in-beijing.html |title=China Strips Army Official of Position After Attack |date=3 November 2013 |author=Andrew Jacobs |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

He was a member of the [18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/18th_Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party).

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