Yang Zhenwu

杨振武
Yang in July 2017
Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's CongressIn office
17 March 2018 – 10 March 2023ChairmanLi ZhanshuPreceded byWang ChenSucceeded byLiu QiPresident of the People's DailyIn office
30 April 2014 – 2018Preceded byZhang Yannong [zh]Succeeded byLi BaoshanEditor-in-Chief of the People's DailyIn office
27 April 2013 – 2014Preceded byCai MingzhaoSucceeded byLi BaoshanHead of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Shanghai Municipal CommitteeIn office
2009–2013Party SecretaryYu Zhengsheng
Han ZhengPreceded byWang Zhongwei [zh]Succeeded byXu Lin Personal detailsBornMay 1955 (age 69)
Xinle County, Hebei, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materNankai University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist PartyChinese nameSimplified Chinese杨振武Traditional Chinese楊振武
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Zhènwǔ

Yang Zhenwu[a] (born May 1955) is a Chinese politician who served as president of the People's Daily from 2014 to 2018. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1975, and entered the workforce in September 1978. He is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a representative of the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]

Biography

Yang was born in Xinle County, Hebei, in May 1955. In 1975, he entered Nankai University, majoring in Chinese language and literature.

After graduating in 1978, he was dispatched to the People'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 CCP Shanghai 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 the 13th National People's Congress.

References

  1. ^ Yang Ting (杨婷) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ 杨振武任人民日报社总编辑（图） [Yang Zhenwu is the editor-in-chief of People's Daily]. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 28 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ Qin Jing (秦静) (27 April 2013). 杨振武任人民日报社总编辑. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. ^ Yin Yanhong (尹彦宏) (30 April 2014). 杨振武任人民日报社社长 李宝善任总编辑. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ Yao Yi (姚奕) (30 April 2014). 杨振武任人民日报社社长 李宝善任人民日报社总编辑. people.com.cn (in Chinese).
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Wang Zhongwei [zh]
 Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Xu Lin
Government offices
Preceded by
Zhang Yannong [zh]
 Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the People's Daily
2014–2018
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Wang Chen
 Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress
2018–present 		Incumbent


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