Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/29/2003
Career Data Updated: 6/23/2008
Yang Xianzu 杨贤足
Member, Baosteel Group Corporation, Board of Directors
Born: 1939
Birthplace: Guangdong Province, Jieyang City
Biography
Yang Xianzu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jieyang, Guangdong province. He was born in 1939, graduated from Wuhan College of Posts and Telecommunications, and joined the CPC in 1975.
Yang began working in Yichang city of Hubei province, at the telecommunications bureau. In the 1980s he served as director of the Henan Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Bureau. In 1998 he was elected vice-minister of the Information Industry, and he also served as a member of the State Flood Control Headquarters. Yang has been a member of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Yang Xianzu was a delegate to the 15th CPC National Congress.
Career Data
| 2004— | Member, Baosteel Group Corporation, Board of Directors | |
| 1999—2004 | Chairman, China Unicom | |
| 1998—1999 | Vice-Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology | |
| 1990—1993 | Vice-Minister, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
