Yan Zhichan

Yan Zhichan
严植婵
Deputy Director of the Macau Liaison Office
Assumed office
March 2020
PremierLi Keqiang
Director of Organization Department of the CCP Anhui Committee
In office
September 2017 – July 2018
Preceded byDeng Xiangyang (邓向阳)
Succeeded byVacant
Head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Guangdong Committee
In office
May 2017 – September 2017
Preceded byLin Xiong (林雄)
Succeeded byZeng Zhiquan
Personal details
BornMay 1964 (age 60)
Yangchun, Guangdong, China
NationalityHan Chinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Yan Zhichan (Chinese: 严植婵; pinyin: Yán Zhíchán; born May 1964) is a Chinese politician who has served as a committee member on in the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. She is serving as a member of the Standing Committee of Guangxi Party Committee. She formerly served as a member of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, the Director of its Organization Department, and the Director of the United Front Work Department of Guangdong Province.[1][2]

Early life

Yan was born in Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guangdong province in 1964. After completing her Bachelor's of Law and Master's in Management at Sun Yat-sen University in 1985 she joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to work at the Ministry of Education.[1]

Political career

From 2003 to 2007 Yan was a member of the CCP Zhanjiang Municipal Party Committee and later became its deputy party secretary in 2008. That same year she was promoted to become the committee's main secretary. Three years later she was made deputy party secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice.[2]

In 2015 Yan was elected the Party Secretary of Jieyang and later became a committee party member of Guangdong Province as part of the United Front Work Department.[3] In 2017 she became a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

In 2017, Yan was appointed as a member of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, and the Director of its Organization Department.[2]

In 2018, Yan was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of Guangxi Party Committee.[4]

In March 2020, Yan was appointed to serve as the deputy director of the Macau Liaison Office.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "严植婵(女)任安徽省委组织部部长(图/简历)" [Yan Zhichan as Anhui Provincial Party Committee Organization Department Minister]. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "广东省委常委、统战部部长严植婵调任安徽省委常委(图简历)" [Yan Zhichan, Member of Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and director of United Front Work Department, reassigned to Standing Committee Member of Anhui Provincial Party Committee] (in Chinese). district.ce.cn. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ Zheng, Caixiong (26 May 2017). "Guangdong's Party election results announced". China Daily. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "安徽省委原常委严植婵履新广西党委常委". The Paper. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.