Xiao Yang (; 1929 – October 9, 1998), born as Chen Zheng (), was a politician of the

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Biography

Xiao Yang was born in

Langzhong Langzhong (formerly known as Paoning) is a county-level city in northeastern Sichuan province, China, located on the middle reaches of the Jialing River. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Nanchong. Langzhong has a total ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

in 1929.Tsinghua Alumni from Sichuan
'' Sichuan Daily'' June 1, 2001, Section 9. He was educated in

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

from 1946 to 1948. Xiao Yang was the Mayor of

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

from 1985 to 1988, Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Committee from 1988 to 1992, and Governor of

from 1993 to 1996. Xiao was an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee.

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'' Overseas edition, October 20, 1998, Section 4. 1929 births 1998 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan People from Langzhong Political office-holders in Chongqing Political office-holders in Sichuan Politicians from Nanchong {{China-politician-stub