Yin Hong (; born June 1963) is a Chinese politician who is the current Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi. He served as the

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from December 2019 to March 2021. Previously he had spent his entire political career in

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Biography

Yin was born in Huzhou. He graduated from the

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with a double major in engineering and law. He joined the workforce in July 1985. After graduating, he became involved in the university's

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organization. He was then transferred to the Shanghai planning commission to work as a functionary. He then successively served as the deputy governor of Songjiang County, the deputy governor of

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, the deputy party chief of

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, the governor of

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, and the deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai government. In May 2012, he was named a member of the Shanghai municipal

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and in June became Secretary-General of the Party Committee. In January 2017, he was promoted to deputy party chief of Shanghai. On 6 December 2019, he was appointed acting Governor of Henan Province. He was elected as the Governor on 14 January 2020. On 31 March 2021, Yin was appointed as the

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. In December 2022, he was appointed Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi, replacing

Yi Lianhong Yi Lianhong (; born September 1959) is a Chinese politician, and the current Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang. Originally from Hunan province, Yi rose through the ranks as an academic at the provincial party school; he later served as party ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Hong 1963 births Living people Politicians from Huzhou Shanghai University of Technology alumni Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Political office-holders in Shanghai Governors of Henan