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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.

Early life and education

Yang was born in Gulang County, Gansu, in October 1959. Upon the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, he became a sent-down youth in Wuwei. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he entered Northwest Normal University, where he majored in Chinese language and literature. From 1997 to 1999, he did his postgraduate work at Lanzhou University. He also earned his master's degree in public administration in 2008.

Career

After university in 1982, Yang was despatched to Gansu Provincial Forestry Department. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1984.

In December 1989, Yang became deputy director of the Office of Gansu Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, rising to director in March 1993.

In May 2000, Yang was admitted to member of the CCP Longnan Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was also vice mayor in September 2000 and subsequently deputy party secretary in December 2004.

In April 2005, Yang was named acting mayor of Dingxi, confirmed in July of the same year. He was party secretary, the top political position in the city, in February 2008, concurrently serving as chairperson of the People's Congress.

He was chosen as executive deputy head of the Organization Department of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee in November 2013 and subsequently vice governor of Gansu in June 2015. He retired in January 2018.

Downfall

On 20 July 2017, Yang was given a warning as a measure of party discipline for the ecological environment destruction in Qilian Mountains.

On 12 June 2024, Yang was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

References

^ 杨子兴被任命为甘肃副省长，此前任省委组织部常务副部长. 15 June 2015 (in Chinese). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ 打虎！杨子兴被查. Beijing News (in Chinese). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
Yuan Bo (袁勃) (20 July 2017). 中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅就甘肃祁连山国家级自然保护区生态环境问题发出通报. people.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
"Former vice governor of Gansu under investigation". news.cn. 12 June 2024.

Government offices
Preceded byWu Wenbin [zh]	Mayor of Dingxi 2005–2008	Succeeded byXu Erfeng [zh]
Party political offices
Preceded byShi Jing [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Dingxi 2008–2013	Succeeded byZhang Lingping

Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping (2022–2027)

Campaign oversight

Xi Jinping (Central Committee General Secretary)
Li Xi (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary; Central Leading Group for Inspection Work Leader)
Yang Xiaodu (National Supervisory Commission Director)
Zhang Shengmin (Military Discipline Secretary)

Implicated people
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Central Committee members	Ding Laihang Gou Zhongwen Li Chuanguang Li Shangfu Luo Baoming Miao Hua Sun Zhigang Tang Renjian Wang Yilin Wei Fenghe Wu Yingjie Yang Fasen Zhou Yaning
Central Committee alternate members	Han Yong Jiang Zhigang Li Shisong Li Yuchao Liu Shiquan Tang Yijun Wu Cunrong Zhang Zhenzhong Zhu Zhisong
Central organs and State-owned enterprises	An Jin Fan Yifei Jiao Xiaoping Ling Chengxing Ren Jianxin Tan Ruisong Tang Shuangning Tian Wei Wu Yansheng [zh] Xu Heyi Xu Ying Zhang Gengsheng Zhong Ziran
Officials of Provincial-ministerial rank (incl. sub-provincial)	Cao Weidong Chen Jixing Chen Yan Cui Baohua Cui Maohu Dai Daojin Dong Yunhu Dou Wangui Du Yubo Du Zhaocai Du Zi Fu Zhongwei Gao Peng Hong Lihe Hu Qiang Ji Binchang Ji Guogang Li Chunsheng Li Haitao Li Jinzhu Li Pengxin Li Weiwei Li Xiangang Li Xiaopeng Liu Xingtai Li Yuefeng Li Zaiyong Liu Liange Liu Yuejin Liu Zhiqiang Lu Kehua Luo Baoming Luo Yulin Luo Zengbin Ma Fengsheng Peng Guofu Qi Tongsheng Qin Rupei Qu Min Shang Liguang Su Zengtian Sun Shutao Tang Yijun Wang Bo Wang Xuefeng Wang Yong Wang Yixin Wu Cunrong Wu Yingjie Xiong Xue Yang Fasen Yang Kening Yang Zixing Yi Pengfei Yin Meigen Zhang Xiaolian Zhang Xiaopei Zhang Xiulong Zhang Zulin Zhao Jinyun Zheng Hong Zhou Jiabin Zhou Jiankun Zhu Congjiu
Military generals	Deng Zhiping Ding Laihang Li Chuanguang Li Yuchao Li Tongjian (李同建) Liu Shiquan Lü Hong (吕宏) Ju Xinchun Miao Hua Rao Wenmin (饶文敏) Zhang Yulin Zhang Zhenzhong Zhou Yaning
Officials at Prefecture-level rank or below	Deng Zhenxiao Fan Zhongjie Guoguo Hao Hongjun He Zehua Huang Fangfang‎ Jiao Lansheng Jin Shouhao Ju Xiaoyang Kong Xiaohong Lai Zehua Lei Shaoye Li Hongming Li Tao Liu Handong Liu Ming Liu Wenxin Liu Zhiren Long Xiaohua Mao Tengfei‎ Miao Xuegang Mo Hua Qi Jianxin Tang Zhiguo Wang Hao Wang Qun Wang Shanping Wang Xiliang Wei Weihan Ye Libin Ying Yuying Yuan Yanwen Yue Wenhai Zhang Jianchun Zhao Changfu Zhao Shihong Zheng Renhao Zhong Yang Zhu Shixi Zhu Zhisong
Business, banks, sports, universities and media	Chen Xuyuan Dong Zheng [zh] Du Zhaocai Gu Xiaoyuan Li Jiping Li Tie Li Yaguang Li Yong Liu Liange Liu Yi [zh] Lou Wenlong Yu Hongchen [zh]

Former member of the Politburo; Also a military official; Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates
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Army 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.

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