Yang Xizong (; September 1928 – 21 July 2007) was a politician of the

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. He served as Communist Party Chief of

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

province and

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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 ...

province.

Biography

Yang Xizong was born in 1928 in

Dayi County Dayi County () is a county of Sichuan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the provincial capital. It is Chengdu City's westernmost division, bordering the prefecture-level divisions of Ya'an to ...

province. As a student at

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during the 1940s he participated in revolutionary activities organized by the

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(CCP). He joined the CCP in September 1952. In January 1963 Yang was appointed mayor of Guanghan County in Sichuan, and in April 1966 he became the Communist Party Chief of Guanghan. He was persecuted during the

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, but was rehabilitated in 1972, and served as mayor and party chief of

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. In May 1979 he was promoted to party chief of

Wenjiang Wenjiang District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, covering part of the western suburbs. It is bordered by Qingyang District to the east, Shuangliu County t ...

prefecture, Sichuan. In January 1982 Yang became the deputy party chief of Sichuan province, and Governor of Sichuan in April 1983. He served as governor for two years before being transferred and promoted to

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province in May 1985. He held that position until 1990. In February 1992 Yang Xizong became the Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress. He retired in November 1999 and died on 21 July 2007 in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, aged 78. Yang was an alternate member of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 13th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Xizong 1928 births 2007 deaths Governors of Sichuan CCP committee secretaries of Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Sichuan University alumni Politicians from Chengdu Victims of the Cultural Revolution