Yang Fasen (Chinese: 杨发森; born February 1971) is a Chinese politician who served as secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee from 2023 to 2024. He previously served as the vice chairman of Xinjiang, party secretary of Ürümqi and Hotan.[1]
Yang studied briefly at the Party School in Aksu Prefecture before being assigned to Kumbash Township as an official in December 1994. He moved up the ranks to become party secretary in November 1999. After a short term as party secretary of Yiganqi Township, he was promoted to vice governor of Aksu Prefecture in September 2005, and then served as deputy party secretary between December 2008 and September 2010. In September 2010, he was appoint party secretary of Baicheng County. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a county. After this office was terminated in July 2014, he became party secretary of Kuqa County, serving until December 2016. He became deputy secretary of Hotan in December 2016, and then party secretary, the top political position in the prefecture, beginning in February 2018. He concurrently served as vice chairman of Xinjiang since March 2021. On October 21, he was unanimously chosen as party secretary of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, becoming the youngest man to hold the position of top official in a provincial capital.[2][3] He was also admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Xinjiang Regional Committee, the region's top authority.[3]
On 14 October 2024, Yang turned himself in and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Commission of Supervision for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws".[5]
Honors and awards
June 2015 Title of National Excellent Party Secretary in a County[6]
References
^Zhu Xuesen (朱学森) (25 October 2021). 杨发森任新疆乌鲁木齐市委书记. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^Huairang, Yue (16 May 2023). "新疆党委原常委杨发森已跨省份调任青海省委常委、政法委书记" [Yang Fasen, former member of the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Party Committee, has been transferred across provinces to serve as member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee]. The Paper. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
