Xu Yaoyuan
许耀元
Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences
In office December 2014 – January 2017
Preceded by	Sun Sijing
Succeeded by	Fang Xiang
Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
In office July 2010 – December 2014
Preceded by	Yu Linxiang
Succeeded by	Sun Sijing
Personal details
Born	December 1952 (age 72) Wujiang County, Jiangsu, 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	1969–2017
Rank	General
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	许耀元
Traditional Chinese	許耀元
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xǔ Yàoyuán

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

Xu was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu in December 1952. 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.^[1] In December 2014, Xu replaced General Sun Sijing as Political Commissar of the PLA Academy of Military Science.^[2]