Yang Zixing (Chinese: 杨子兴; born October 1959) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in northeast China's Gansu province. As of June 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. He has been retired for 6 years. Previously he served as vice governor of Gansu.
After university in 1982, Yang was despatched to Gansu Provincial Forestry Department.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1984.[1]
In December 1989, Yang became deputy director of the Office of Gansu Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, rising to director in March 1993.[1]
In May 2000, Yang was admitted to member of the CCP Longnan Municipal Committee, the city's top authority.[1] He was also vice mayor in September 2000 and subsequently deputy party secretary in December 2004.[1]
In April 2005, Yang was named acting mayor of Dingxi, confirmed in July of the same year.[2] He was party secretary, the top political position in the city, in February 2008, concurrently serving as chairperson of the People's Congress.[2]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.