Lou Yangsheng (Chinese:楼阳生;pinyin:Lóu Yángshēng; born October 1959) is a Chinese politician who served asParty Secretary of Henan from 2021 to 2024. Originally from Zhejiang province, Lou was the Party Secretary ofLishui in his early career. He headed the party's propaganda department in Hainan before being transferred to Shanxi to become the provincialDeputy Party Secretary.

Lou Yangsheng was born inPujiang County,Zhejiang, in 1959. During theCultural Revolution, he worked as asent-down youth in rural areas near his hometown. In March 1979, Lou was one of the first batch of students admitted to university after the restoration of theGaokao exams underDeng Xiaoping. He attendedZhejiang Normal University and joined theChinese Communist Party during his time at the university. He then worked as a middle school teacher inLongyou County. In 1984, Lou became theCommunist Youth League secretary of county, beginning his political career.^{[citation needed]}

Lou spent most of his political career in Zhejiang. He rose quickly in the Communist Youth League system, through 'acid tests' in Longyou County in the local party organization there. Then he was elevated to CYL leader ofQuzhou, then CYL leader of Zhejiang province. In June 1997, he earned a Master's Business Administration (MBA) fromZhejiang University. In 1999, he began a short term as a visiting scholar atUniversity of Houston in the United States. In November 1999, he left the CYL system to become mayor ofJinhua, then party secretary the city ofLishui. During his terms in Jinhua and Lishui, Lou worked under the direction of then-Zhejiang party secretaryXi Jinping. As such Lou has been named by political observers as a member of the "New Zhijiang Army", politicians who once worked under Xi and share his governing philosophies.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2008, he became vice chair of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang and the head of the province's United Front Department. In January 2009, Lou left Zhejiang to become a member of theprovincial Party Standing Committee of Hainan and the province's party organization department head; in February 2010 he became concurrently the secretary of the Education Work Commission of the province. In 2012 he was transferred again, this time to Hubei, to serve on the standing committee there and also as head of the provincial organization department.^[1]

After the Shanxi "political earthquake" of 2014 which led to the demise of many top officials in the province, Lou was transferred to Shanxi province to become deputy party secretary; he replacedJin Daoming, who was dismissed due to corruption.^[2] On August 30, 2016, Lou was appointed acting governor of Shanxi province; he was confirmed as governor on November 28.^[3]

In November 2019, Lou was appointed as theParty Secretary of Shanxi.^[4]

In June 2021, Lou was appointed as theParty Secretary of Henan.^[5]

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