Yang Xiaodu

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Xiaodu
杨晓渡
Director of the National Supervisory Commission
In office
18 March 2018 – 11 March 2023
Preceded byHimself (as Minister of Supervision)
Succeeded byLiu Jinguo
Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
In office
15 January 2014 – 23 October 2022
SecretaryZhao Leji (2017–2023)
Wang Qishan (2014–2017)
Minister of Supervision
In office
25 December 2016 – 13 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byHuang Shuxian
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chairman of the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention
In office
25 December 2016 – 13 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byHuang Shuxian
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1953-10-26) 26 October 1953 (age 70)
Shanghai
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Yang Xiaodu (Chinese: 杨晓渡; pinyin: Yáng Xiǎodù; born 26 October 1953) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the first director of the National Supervisory Commission from 2018 to 2023. He served as a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022. From 2014 to 2022, he served as a Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the leading anti-graft body of the Chinese Communist Party. He has served in Shanghai and Tibet during his early political career.

Early life

Yang was born in

Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet.[1]

Political career

Between 1984 and 1986, he was named the CCP secretary of Nagqu Hospital.

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]

After the 19th CCP Congress in 2017, Yang was elected as a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. On 18 March 2018, Yang was elected as the inaugural Director of the National Supervisory Commission (NSC).[4] He was succeeded as NSC director on 11 March 2023 by Liu Jinguo.

Post-retirement

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Yang Xiaodu 杨晓渡" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "杨晓渡". Xinhua Renwuku. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015.
  3. Xinhua
    . 2016-12-25. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  4. Xinhua. 2018-03-18. Archived from the original
    on March 18, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  5. ^ "China Disabled Persons' Federation elects new leadership". China Daily. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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