Yang Xiaobo (politician, born 1963) explained

Yang Xiaobo (politician, born 1963) should not be confused with Yang Xiaobo (Shanxi politician).

Yang Xiaobo
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Office1:Mayor of Huangshi
Term Start1:February 2009
Term End1:December 2014
Predecessor1:Wang Jianming
Successor1:Dong Weimin
Office3:Director-general of the Construction Department of Hubei Province
Term Start3:April 2007
Term End3:December 2008
Predecessor3:Zhang Famao
Successor3:Li Debing
Office2:Member of the National People's Congress
Term Start2:March 2013
Term End2:March 2018
Constituency2:Hubei
1Blankname2:Chairman
1Namedata2:Zhang Dejiang
Birth Place:Tianmen, Hubei
Death Place:Wuhan, Hubei
Death Cause:Pneumonia induced by COVID-19
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Profession:Structural engineer
Alma Mater:Beijing Jiaotong University
Tianjin University
Ohio University
Module:
Child:yes
S:杨晓波
T:楊曉波
Order:st
P:Yáng Xiǎobō

Yang Xiaobo (January 1963 – 27 January 2020) was a Chinese structural engineer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute (2003–2007), Mayor of Huangshi, Hubei (2009–2014), and President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company (2014–2020), and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018). He died of severe pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.

Early life and education

Yang was born in January 1963 in Tianmen, Hubei. He entered Beijing Jiaotong University in 1981, majoring in structural engineering. After earning his bachelor's degree in September 1985, he pursued graduate studies at Tianjin University, earning his master's degree in structural engineering in June 1988. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1988.[1] [2]

Career

In June 1988, Yang became an engineer at the Central South Architectural Design Institute, where he worked in structural design of industrial and residential buildings. He later earned an MBA degree from Ohio University in the United States. He was promoted to President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute in April 2003, serving until 2007.

Yang entered the Hubei Provincial Government in April 2007 to serve as Director of the Department of Construction. He subsequently studied at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party from March 2008 to January 2009, and was appointed acting mayor and later Mayor of Huangshi, a prefecture-level city east of Wuhan, in February 2009. He also concurrently served as CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of Huangshi. He was a member of the 10th Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP and a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018).[3]

In December 2014, Yang was appointed President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company Ltd., a joint venture established in 2011 by China Guodian Corporation together with several state-owned enterprises controlled by the Hubei provincial government. It was headquartered in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Under his leadership, the company signed strategic cooperation agreements with many local governments in Hubei, but also received many citations from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission for violating industry regulations. It was fined 100,000 yuan in March 2019 for appointing people lacking professional qualifications to top executive positions.

Death

Yang made his last public appearance on 17 December 2019. On 1 January 2020, he sent a new year's greeting to all employees of Changjiang Property Insurance. On 28 January 2020, Chinese media reported that Yang Xiaobo had died of severe pneumonia at age 57 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.[4] [5] He was one of the 100 people who had died during the outbreak in Hubei by that date.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hu Zhiting 胡志挺 . 28 January 2020 . zh:57岁长江财险董事长杨晓波感染肺炎去世,曾任湖北黄石市长 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129022953/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_5662713 . 29 January 2020 . 29 January 2020 . . zh.
  2. Web site: 28 January 2020 . zh:湖北黄石原市长杨晓波因重症肺炎去世 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128102612/https://finance.ifeng.com/c/7tbgIiGwS6j . 28 January 2020 . 28 January 2020 . . zh.
  3. Web site: http://www.npc.gov.cn/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=121586. zh:杨晓波 全国人大代表. 5 May 2013. National People's Congress . zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150148/http://www.npc.gov.cn/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=121586. 14 July 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Xiao Shan 小山 . 28 January 2020 . zh:武汉肺炎 武汉任职一前市长重症病毒死亡 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129013029/http://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20200128-%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E-%E9%BB%84%E7%9F%B3%E5%89%8D%E5%B8%82%E9%95%BF%E9%87%8D%E7%97%87%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E6%AD%BB%E4%BA%A1 . 29 January 2020 . 29 January 2020 . . zh-Hans.
  5. Web site: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2020-01-29/doc-iihnzhha5291652.shtml . zh:黄石原市长杨晓波感染肺炎:从确诊到去世只有2天. 29 January 2020. sina.com.cn . zh-Hans. 29 January 2020.