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Zhong Yang

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Zhong Yang
钟阳
Governor of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
In office
March 2021 – April 2022
Preceded byWu Shenghua
Personal details
BornJanuary 1972 (age 52)
Ji'an, Jiangxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materSouthwest Minzu University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōng Yáng

Zhong Yang (Chinese: 钟阳; born January 1972) is a former Chinese politician of Bouyei ethnicity who spent her entire career in her home-province Guizhou. She was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in April 2023. Previously she served as governor of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

She is a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress.[1]

Early life and education

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Zhong was born in Ji'an, Jiangxi, in January 1972.[2] In 1990, she was accepted to Southwest Minzu University, where she majored in history.[2]

Career

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Zhong joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1994, and got involved in politics in July 1994, when she was assigned to the Organization Department of Guiyang Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.[2] In June 2005, she became secretary General of the CCP Guiyang Municipal Committee.[2] She became magistrate of Xifeng County in October 2011, and then party secretary, the top political position in the county, beginning in January 2014.[2] She was appointed secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guiyang National Economic and Technological Development Zone in October 2015, concurrently serving as secretary of CCP Huaxi District Committee and member of the Party Working Committee of Gui'an New Area.[2] She was vice governor of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in December 2018 and subsequently executive vice governor in December 2019.[2] She was elevated to governor in March 2021.[3]

Investigation

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On 18 April 2023, she 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

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  1. ^ Qian Zhongbing (钱中兵) (25 February 2023). 中华人民共和国第十四届全国人民代表大会代表名单. news.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Yi Yi (伊一) (3 January 2020). 钟阳任黔南州委常委、常务副州长(图/简历). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (14 February 2022). 黔南州新一届州长、副州长简历(州长钟阳). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
2021–2022
Succeeded by
TBA