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Yang Zhenhuai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Zhenhuai
杨振怀
Minister of Water Resources
In office
12 April 1988 – 29 March 1993
PremierLi Peng
Preceded byQian Zhengying
Succeeded byNiu Maosheng
Personal details
BornSeptember 1928
Hefei County, Anhui, China
Died19 October 2024(2024-10-19) (aged 96)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materShanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨振怀
Traditional Chinese楊振懷
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Zhènhuái

Yang Zhenhuai (Chinese: 杨振怀; September 1928 – 19 October 2024) was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of Water Resources from 1988 to 1993.

Yang was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] He was a member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2] He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress.[3]

Early life and education

Yang was born in Hefei County (now Hefei), Anhui, in September 1928, and graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1950.[2] His cousin Yang Zhenning is a physicist and Nobel laureate.[4]

Career

Yang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1950.[2] In 1954, he was assigned to Beidahuang as captain of the Mulinghe Water Conservancy Work Team at the Shenyang Design Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources.[2] Two years later, he was promoted to director and engineer of the Water Engineering Department of Harbin Design Institute.[2] After 1959, he became director and then vice president of the Water Engineering Office of Heilongjiang Provincial Water Conservancy Design Institute.[2]

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, he suffered political persecution and was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works.[2] He was reinstated in 1974.[2]

Yang was transferred to Beijing in 1979 and appointed director and senior engineer of the Water Resources Research Institute of the Water Resources and Hydropower Science Research Academy and subsequently deputy director and chief engineer of the Haihe Water Conservancy Commission in 1982.[2] In 1983, he became vice minister of water resources and electric power (later reshuffled as Ministry of Water Resources), rising to minister in 1988.[2] In March 1993, he took office as vice chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress.[2]

On 19 October 2024, Yang died in Beijing at the age of 96.[2]

References

  1. ^ Shen Xueming (沈学明), ed. (1993). 中共第十四届中央委员名录 [List of Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Communist Party History Publishing House. p. 56. ISBN 7-80023-615-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Diao Fanchao (刁凡超) (21 October 2024). 水利部原部长杨振怀逝世，享年96岁. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ^ Han Taihua (韩泰华), ed. (1999). 新中国50年 [50 Years of New China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Red Flag Press. p. 897. ISBN 7-5051-0423-3.
  4. ^ Yang Zhendong (杨振东), ed. (2011). 杨振宁谈读书教学和科学研究 [Yang Zhenning Talks about Reading Teaching and Scientific Research] (in Chinese). Hefei, Anhui: Anhui University Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-7-81110-846-0.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Water Resources
1988–1993 		Succeeded by
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