Yang was born in Shanghai in October 1953.[1] In 1970, during the Cultural Revolution, he was sent-down youth performing manual labour in the Songji Commune, Taihe County, Anhui province, which lasted until 1973. In 1973, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In September 1973, he began studying at the Department of Pharmacy at the Shanghai Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, graduating in 1976. He afterwards began working as a division head and deputy general manager for a drug company in Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet.[1]
Political career
Between 1984 and 1986, he was named the CCP secretary of Nagqu Hospital.[1] In September 1986, Yang was named deputy commissioner (vice mayor equivalent) of Nagqu. In December 1992, he was named deputy CCP secretary and deputy commissioner of Chamdo Prefecture.[1] In 1995, he was named director of the finance department of the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In May 1998, he became vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, ascending to sub-provincial rank for the first time.[1] Starting in 1998, he studied legal theory at the Central Party School with part-time studies, graduating with a master's degree in law in 2001.[1]
In 2001, he returned to his native Shanghai and was appointed as vice mayor. In October 2006, he was named a member of the municipal Party standing committee of Shanghai and head of the municipal United Front Work Department; in May 2012, he was named head of the Shanghai Discipline Inspection Commission.[1]
Supervisory career
In November 2013, having reached retirement age for sub-provincial level officials, he was named head of the 3rd Inspection Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), in charge of anti-corruption work at the Ministry of Land and Resources.[1] In January 2014, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the CCDI.[2] On December 25, 2016, Yang was named Minister of Supervision, the eighth and oldest person to serve in the position since the founding of the People's Republic, as well as the final one with the abolition of the Ministry in 2018.[3]
On 20 September 2023, after the conclusion of the eight national congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), Yang was elected as the honorary chair of the CDPF, succeeding Deng Pufang.[5]
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.
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