Yi Lianhong
易炼红
Yi in 2023
Party Secretary of Zhejiang
In office 7 December 2022 – 28 October 2024
Deputy	Wang Hao (Governor)
Preceded by	Yuan Jiajun
Succeeded by	Wang Hao
Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
In office 15 January 2023 – 27 November 2024
Preceded by	Yuan Jiajun
Party Secretary of Jiangxi
In office 18 October 2021 – 6 December 2022
Deputy	Ye Jianchun (Governor)
Preceded by	Liu Qi
Succeeded by	Yin Hong
Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress
In office 20 January 2022 – 15 January 2023
Preceded by	Liu Qi
Succeeded by	Yin Hong
Governor of Jiangxi
In office 6 August 2018 – 21 October 2021
Party Secretary	Liu Qi
Preceded by	Liu Qi
Succeeded by	Ye Jianchun
Deputy Party Secretary of Liaoning
In office May 2018 – July 2018
Party Secretary	Chen Qiufa
Preceded by	Wang Menghui
Succeeded by	Zhou Bo
Personal details
Born	September 1959 (age 66) Lianyuan,Hunan,China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Hunan Normal University Shaanxi Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	易炼红
Traditional Chinese	易煉紅
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yì Liànhóng

Yi Lianhong (Chinese:易炼红; born September 1959) is a Chinese politician. Originally from Hunan province, Yi rose through the ranks as an academic at the provincial party school; he later served as party secretary ofYueyang and party secretary ofChangsha, before being transferred to Shenyang.

Yi Lianhong was born inLianyuan County, Hunan province. He began to work in August 1976 as arusticated youth performing manual labor in Guihua township. Following theCultural Revolution, Yi attendedHunan Normal University and graduated in 1982 with a degree in political economics. In July 1982, he became an instructor at the Zhaoyang Basic College (邵阳基础大学). After a few years of teaching, he went on to graduate school at theShaanxi Normal University to continue studying political economics. He joined theChinese Communist Party in June 1985.

After receiving his master's degree in 1987, Yi was assigned to work at the Hunan Party School, where he taught economics. In 1990, he worked for a chemical factory inZhuzhou as an administrator. In January 1992, he joined the science and technology research office at the Hunan Party School. In September 1994, he became assistant to the president of the party school. In September 1995 he was promoted to vice president of the party school. In July 2000, he was promoted again to executive vice president (prefecture-level,zhengtingji,正厅级).

In May 2004, Yi was named party chief ofYueyang, his first foray into a regional leadership role. In November 2011, he was admitted to the Hunanprovincial party standing committee, and a month later took on the office of the secretary-general.^[1][2]

In May 2013, Yi was named party chief ofChangsha. In July 2017, he was transferred to Shenyang to become party chief there; it was the first cross-provincial transfer of Yi's career.^[3] In May 2018 he was named deputy party chief ofLiaoning.

After only serving two months as deputy party chief ofLiaoning, Yi was named deputy party chief ofJiangxi in August 2018,^[4] and he was appointed as the acting Governor in August 2018.^[5] On 18 October 2021, he was promoted toParty Secretary of Jiangxi, the top political position in the province.^[6] On 20 January 2022, he took office as chairman of Jiangxi People's Congress.^[7]

In December 2022, he was appointedParty Secretary of Zhejiang, replacingYuan Jiajun.^[8]

Yi has authored a number of works on economics, agriculture, and his tenure in Yueyang.

On 10 February 2026, Yi was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[9]

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