Yang Hongji

{{Short description|Chinese actor and baritone (born 1941)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}}

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| caption = Yang Hongji in 2023

| native_name = 杨洪基

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|02|08}}

| birth_place = Dalian, Fengtian province, Manchukuo

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| alma_mater = People's Liberation Army Academy of Art

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1959–present

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| spouse = {{marriage|Liu Wenmei|1972}}

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| genre = Military song

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| t = 楊洪基

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| p = Yáng Hóngjī

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Yang Hongji ({{zh|s=杨洪基}}; born 8 February 1941) is a Chinese national-level actor and one of China's most celebrated baritones.{{cite news|author1=Liu Guoshun |author2=Cao Wenyong |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2012/0914/c64104-19006904.html |script-title=zh:为兵放歌五十载——记著名男中音歌唱家杨洪基 |work=people.com.cn |date=2012-09-14 |language=zh}} He is also a professor at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art. He holds the rank of Major General (Shaojiang).{{cite news|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2008-03-31/17301968946.shtml |script-title=zh:专题资料：青歌赛评委杨洪基个人简介 |work=sina |date=2008-03-01 |language=zh}}