Yang Dezhong (Chinese: 杨德中; 1 December 1923 – 12 November 2020) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as party secretary of Tsinghua University from 1970 to 1972 and director of the Central Guard Bureau from 1978 to 1994. He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.