Yang Zhenwu (; born May 1955) is a Chinese politician who served as president of the ''

People's Daily The ''People's Daily'' () is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The newspaper provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the CCP. In addition to its main Chinese-language ...

'' from 2014 to 2018. He joined the

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(CCP) in April 1975, and entered the workforce in September 1978. He is a member of the

19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

. He was a representative of the 17th and

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Biography

Yang was born in Xinle County,

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, in May 1955. In 1975, he entered

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

, majoring in Chinese language and literature. After graduating in 1978, he was dispatched to the ''

'', where he was promoted to editor-in-chief in 2013 and to president in 2014. He also served as head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

Municipal Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee between 2009 and 2013. In 2018, he took office as secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Zhenwu 1955 births Living people People from Shijiazhuang Nankai University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party