Yang Xiaobo (politician, born 1963)
Yang Xiaobo | ||
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杨晓波 | ||
Mayor of Huangshi | ||
In office February 2009 – December 2014 | ||
Preceded by | Wang Jianming | |
Succeeded by | Dong Weimin | |
Member of the National People's Congress (12th) | ||
In office March 2013 – March 2018 | ||
Chairman | Zhang Dejiang | |
Constituency | Hubei | |
Director-general of the Construction Department of Hubei Province | ||
In office April 2007 – December 2008 | ||
Preceded by | Zhang Famao | |
Succeeded by | Li Debing | |
Personal details | ||
Born | January 1963 Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Xiǎobō |
Yang Xiaobo (January 1963 – 27 January 2020[1]) was a Chinese structural engineer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute (2003–2007), Mayor of Huangshi, Hubei (2009–2014), and President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company (2014–2020), and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018). He died of severe pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.
Early life and education
Yang was born in January 1963 in
Career
In June 1988, Yang became an engineer at the
Yang entered the Hubei Provincial Government in April 2007 to serve as Director of the Department of Construction.
In December 2014, Yang was appointed President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company Ltd., a joint venture established in 2011 by China Guodian Corporation together with several state-owned enterprises controlled by the Hubei provincial government. It was headquartered in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Under his leadership, the company signed strategic cooperation agreements with many local governments in Hubei,[3] but also received many citations from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission for violating industry regulations. It was fined 100,000 yuan in March 2019 for appointing people lacking professional qualifications to top executive positions.[2]
Death
Yang made his last public appearance on 17 December 2019. On 1 January 2020, he sent a new year's greeting to all employees of Changjiang Property Insurance.[3] On 28 January 2020, Chinese media reported that Yang Xiaobo had died of severe pneumonia at age 57 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.[2][5][1] He was one of the 100 people who had died during the outbreak in Hubei by that date.[3]
References
- ^ a b 黄石原市长杨晓波感染肺炎:从确诊到去世只有2天. sina.com.cn (in Simplified Chinese). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hu Zhiting 胡志挺 (28 January 2020). 57岁长江财险董事长杨晓波感染肺炎去世,曾任湖北黄石市长. The Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 湖北黄石原市长杨晓波因重症肺炎去世. Phoenix News (in Chinese). 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ 杨晓波 全国人大代表 (in Chinese). National People's Congress. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Xiao Shan 小山 (28 January 2020). 武汉肺炎 武汉任职一前市长重症病毒死亡. Radio France International (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.