Tang Yijun (; born March 1961) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as chairman of

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

's Jiangxi provincial committee since January 2023. Previously, he served as Minister of Justice of China from 2020 to 2023, governor of

Liaoning Province Liaoning () is a coastal provinces of China, province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and i ...

from 2017 to 2020,

deputy party secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

Zhejiang Province Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...

from 2017 to 2020, party secretary of

Ningbo City Ningbo (; Ningbo dialect, Ningbonese: Romanization of Wu Chinese, ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Putonghua, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zheji ...

from 2016 to 2017, and deputy party secretary of Ningbo City from 2005 to 2016.

Biography

Tang is considered native to

Ju County Ju County or Juxian () is a county of Rizhao City, in the south of Shandong Province, People's Republic of China. As of the end of 2021, the total registered population of Ju County was 1.167 million. It covers an area of . The Fulaishan Scenic ...

, Shandong, but spent most of his life in Zhejiang. He joined the workforce in July 1977, working for communes in Qingtian County,

Yongkang County Yongkang (), formerly known as Lizhou (), is a county-level city located in the central part of Zhejiang province, in the People's Republic of China. It is southeast of the Jinhua City boundary and approximately 180 km (111.8 mi ...

, and Lishui County, shortly after the death of Mao. Between 1980 and 1984, shortly after economic reforms began, Tang was a clerical worker at the Lishui party school. From September 1984 to July 1986, he studied political economics in the theoretical undergraduate program of the Zhejiang Provincial Party School. He was assigned work in the theory division of publicity department of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee. In October 1985, Tang joined the Chinese Communist Party. In 1991, Tang began working for the General Office of the Zhejiang party committee under Li Zemin. In July 1997, he became secretary-general of the

Zhoushan Zhoushan , formerly romanized as Chusan, is an urbanized archipelago with the administrative status of a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. It consists of an archipelago of islands at the southern mouth of H ...

party organization. In June 2002, he was named secretary-general of the Zhejiang Commission for Discipline Inspection. From September 2003 to July 2006, he studied economics and management in the on-the-job graduate program of the Correspondence College of the Central Party School. In June 2005, he was named deputy party chief and Discipline Inspection secretary of Ningbo. In February 2010, he became the chief of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Ningbo. In February 2011, he was named chairman of the Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference. In May 2016, Tang became acting mayor of Ningbo. In August 2016, he became Communist Party Secretary of Ningbo and a member of the Zhejiang provincial party standing committee. In May 2017, Tang was named deputy party chief of Zhejiang province. He served in the role for five months before being appointed as acting governor of Liaoning in October 2017. On April 29, 2020, he was appointed Minister of Justice, succeeding

Fu Zhenghua Fu Zhenghua (; born 13 March 1955) is a former Chinese politician and public security officer. In March 2013, Fu was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Public Security (minister-level) and Deputy Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry of ...

. Tang was elected as chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 14 January 2023. Succeeded by executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court

He Rong He Rong (; born 12 October 1962) is a Chinese politician currently serving as deputy Chief Justice and executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court of China. She previously held the position of Deputy Party Secretary of Shaanxi province ...

, Tang was removed from the office of Minister of Justice of China on 24 February 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Yijun 1961 births Alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Governors of Liaoning Living people Mayors of Ningbo Ministers of Justice of the People's Republic of China