Yang Zixing | |||||||
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杨子兴 | |||||||
| Vice Governor of Gansu | |||||||
| In office June 2015 – January 2018 | |||||||
| Governor | Liu Weiping Lin Duo | ||||||
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| Born | October 1959 (age 65) Gulang County,Gansu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northwest Normal University Lanzhou University Peking University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨子兴 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊子興 | ||||||
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Yang Zixing (Chinese:杨子兴; born October 1959) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career innortheast China'sGansu province. As of June 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. He has been retired for 6 years. Previously he served as vice governor of Gansu.
Yang was born inGulang County,Gansu, in October 1959.[1] Upon the end of theCultural Revolution in 1976, he became asent-down youth inWuwei.[1] After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he enteredNorthwest Normal University, where he majored in Chinese language and literature.[1] From 1997 to 1999, he did his postgraduate work atLanzhou University.[1] He also earned his master's degree in public administration in 2008.[1]
After university in 1982, Yang was despatched to Gansu Provincial Forestry Department.[1] He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1984.[1]
In December 1989, Yang became deputy director of the Office of Gansu Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, rising to director in March 1993.[1]
In May 2000, Yang was admitted to member of the CCPLongnan Municipal Committee, thecity's top authority.[1] He was also vice mayor in September 2000 and subsequentlydeputy party secretary in December 2004.[1]
In April 2005, Yang was named acting mayor ofDingxi, confirmed in July of the same year.[2] He wasparty secretary, the top political position in the city, in February 2008, concurrently serving as chairperson of thePeople's Congress.[2]
He was chosen as executive deputy head of theOrganization Department of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee in November 2013 and subsequently vice governor of Gansu in June 2015. He retired in January 2018.[1]
On 20 July 2017, Yang was given a warning as a measure of party discipline for the ecological environment destruction inQilian Mountains.[3]
On 12 June 2024, Yang 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.[4]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Dingxi 2005–2008 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Communist Party Secretary of Dingxi 2008–2013 | Succeeded by |