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Yang Xiaotang | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 杨晓堂 | |
| Communist Party Secretary of Suzhou | |
| In office January 1994 – June 1998 | |
| Vice Governor of Jiangsu | |
| In office March 1992 – December 1996 | |
| Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President of the China Development Bank | |
| In office June 1998 – March 2002 | |
| Party Secretary and General Manager of China Electronics Corporation | |
| In office March 2002 – October 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1942 (age 83) Wucheng, Shandong, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Yangzhou Normal College |
Yang Xiaotang (Chinese: 杨晓堂; born December 1942) is a Chinese politician and business executive who served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and CCP committee secretary of Suzhou. He later held senior positions in state-owned financial and industrial enterprises, including Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President of the China Development Bank and Party Secretary and General Manager of China Electronics Corporation.[1]
Biography
[edit]Yang Xiaotang was born in December 1942 in Wucheng, Shandong Province. He studied Chinese language and literature at Yangzhou Normal College from September 1961 to June 1965. After graduation, he began his career in the Publicity Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, where he worked as an official. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was engaged in propaganda work at the Zhongshan Coal Mine Construction Corps in Nanjing and within the Jiangsu Provincial Coal Mine Construction Command.[2]
From 1974, Yang worked in administrative roles within the Jiangsu provincial industrial bureaucracy, serving as secretary and later deputy director of the general office of the Fuel and Chemical Industry Bureau and subsequently the Chemical Industry Department. In 1981, he entered enterprise management, serving as deputy manager and later general manager of Jinling Petrochemical Company.[3]
In 1988, Yang was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Changzhou. He subsequently served as acting mayor and then mayor of Changzhou from 1990 to 1992. In March 1992, he was promoted to Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province and Deputy Party Secretary of the provincial government.[4] In January 1994, Yang concurrently served as Vice Governor and Communist Party Secretary of Suzhou, and in December of the same year he was elevated to member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party while continuing to serve as Party Secretary of Suzhou. He remained in this role until June 1998.[5]
After leaving local government, Yang moved to the financial sector, serving as Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President of the China Development Bank from June 1998 to March 2002. He then served as Party Secretary and General Manager of China Electronics Corporation from March 2002 to October 2005. Yang Xiaotang was an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ 郑建英 (2001). 中共第一届至十五届中央委员 (in Chinese). Central Literature Publishing House. p. 283. ISBN 978-7-5073-1034-4. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 中央组织部, 中国共产党; 中共中央党史硏究室 (2004). 中国共产党历届中央委员大辞典, 1921-2003 (in Chinese). Chinese Communist Party History Press. p. 963. ISBN 978-7-80136-952-9. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 中共第十五届中央委员会中央纪律检查委员会委员名录 (in Chinese). Central Literature Publishing House. 1999. p. 125. ISBN 978-7-5073-0459-6. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 江苏年鉴 (in Chinese). Nanjing University Press. 1995. p. 75. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 中国城市经济社会年鉴 (in Chinese). 中国城市经济社会出版社. 1992. p. 440. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ 江苏经济年鉴 (in Chinese). Jiangsu People's Press. 1990. p. 248. Retrieved 2026-04-29.