Yang Xiaodu (; born 26 October 1953) is a Chinese politician and the Director of the
National Supervisory Commission. 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
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. He has served in
Shanghai
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and
Tibet
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during his early political career.
Biography
Yang was born in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...
in 1953. In 1970, during the Cultural Revolution, he was
sent-down youth performing manual labour in
Taihe County, Anhui province. In September 1973, he began studying at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He graduated in 1976 and then began working in
Nagqu Prefecture, Tibet for a drug company. In 1984, he was named party secretary of Nagqu Hospital. In September 1986, Yang was named deputy commissioner (vice mayor equivalent) of Nagqu. In December 1992, he was named deputy party secretary of
Chamdo Prefecture.
In 1995, he was named head of the finance department of Tibet Autonomous Region. In May 1998, he became Vice-Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, ascending to sub-provincial rank for the first time. In 2001, he returned to his native Shanghai and became vice mayor. He studied legal theory at the
Central Party School while holding a job in Tibet.
In October 2006, he was named a member of the
municipal Party standing committee of Shanghai and head of the municipal United Front Department; in May 2012, he was named head of the Shanghai Discipline Inspection Commission. In November 2013, having reached retirement age for sub-provincial level officials, he was named head of the
3rd Inspection Team, in charge of anti-corruption work at the Ministry of Land and Resources. In January 2014, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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.
On March 18, 2018, Yang was elected as the inaugural Director of the
National Supervisory Commission.
Yang is a member of the
19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the
19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
The 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (19th CCDI) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was elected by the CCP's 19th National Congress on 24 October 2017, and its turn lasts until the convocation of the 20th National Congress in 2 ...
.
References
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People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai
1953 births
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai
Living people
Members of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
Political office-holders in Shanghai
Political office-holders in Tibet
Nagqu
Chamdo