Yang Zhenwu | |||||||
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杨振武 | |||||||
 Yang in July 2017 | |||||||
| Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |||||||
| In office 17 March 2018 – 10 March 2023 | |||||||
| Chairman | Li Zhanshu | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Chen | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Qi | ||||||
| President of thePeople's Daily | |||||||
| In office 30 April 2014 – 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zhang Yannong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Baoshan | ||||||
| Editor-in-Chief of thePeople's Daily | |||||||
| In office 27 April 2013 – 2014 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Cai Mingzhao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Li Baoshan | ||||||
| Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee | |||||||
| In office 2009–2013 | |||||||
| Party Secretary | Yu Zhengsheng Han Zheng | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Zhongwei [zh] | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xu Lin | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | May 1956 (age 69) Xinle County,Hebei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Nankai University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨振武 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊振武 | ||||||
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Yang Zhenwu[a] (born May 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as president of thePeople's Daily from 2014 to 2018. He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1975, and entered the workforce in September 1978. He is a member of the19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a representative of the17th and18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Yang was born inXinle County,Hebei, in May 1956. In 1976, he enteredNankai University, majoring in Chinese language and literature.
After graduating in 1978, he was dispatched to thePeople's Daily, where he was promoted to editor-in-chief in 2013 and to president in 2014.[3][4][5] He also served as head of the Propaganda Department of the CCPShanghai Municipal Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee between 2009 and 2013. In 2018, he took office as secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the13th National People's Congress.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee 2009–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by | Editor-in-Chief of thePeople's Daily 2013–2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of thePeople's Daily 2014–2018 | |
| Assembly seats | ||
| Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the13th National People's Congress 2018–present | Incumbent |
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