| Office1: | Mayor of Taiyuan | ||||
| Term Start1: | April 2013 | ||||
| Term End1: | 15 January 2019 | ||||
| Predecessor1: | Lian Yimin | ||||
| Successor1: | Li Xiaobo | ||||
| Leader1: | Wu Zhenglong→Wang Weizhong→Luo Qingyu (party chief) | ||||
| Office2: | Mayor of Datong | ||||
| Term Start2: | July 2008 | ||||
| Term End2: | February 2013 | ||||
| Predecessor2: | Feng Lixiang | ||||
| Successor2: | Li Junming | ||||
| Leader2: | Feng Lixiang (party chief) | ||||
| Office3: | Communist Party Secretary of Yuci District | ||||
| Term Start3: | March 2000 | ||||
| Term End3: | February 2004 | ||||
| Predecessor3: | Wang Xinyi | ||||
| Successor3: | Wang Jianlin | ||||
| Office4: | Magistrate of Lingshi County | ||||
| Term Start4: | March 1995 | ||||
| Term End4: | March 2000 | ||||
| Geng Yanbo | |||||
| Native Name: | 耿彦波 | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
| Birth Place: | Heshun County, Shanxi, China | ||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||
| Alma Mater: | Shanxi University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party Northwest University Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business | ||||
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Geng Yanbo (; born November 1958) is a Chinese politician from Heshun, Shanxi, who served as the mayor of Datong from 2008 to 2013 and the mayor of Taiyuan from 2013 to 2019.
Geng was born in Heshun County, Shanxi, in November 1958. He entered the workforce in August 1976, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1981. In July 1983 he was accepted to Shanxi University, majoring in Chinese language and literary. He also studied at Northwest University, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party as a part-time student.
In April 1993 he was promoted to become deputy party chief of Lingshi County, a position he held until March 2000. He became party chief of Yuci District in March 2000, and served until February 2004. He was deputy secretary-general of Shanxi Provincial Government in February 2004, and held that office until June 2006. He served as vice-mayor of Taiyuan in June 2006, but having held the position for only a year and a half, when he was transferred to Datong and appointed deputy party chief and vice-mayor. During his term in office, he was known as "Demolition Geng" after he became mayor in 2008. Geng earned his name from his campaign to demolish much of the city center, relocating 40,000 of its 140,000 households, before rebuilding it in an ancient style, with a view to attracting tourists.[1] [2] In February 2013 he became vice-mayor of Taiyuan, rising to mayor two months later.
On January 15, 2019, Geng resigned.[3]
A 2014 documentary The Chinese Mayor is based on Geng Yanbo.