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

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 2/28/2017
Career Data Updated: 2/28/2017

PHOTO: Yang Xiong
Yang Xiong 杨雄
Vice-Chairman, Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC
Born: 1953

Biography

Yang Xiong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He was born in 1953, obtained a master's degree in economics, and graduated from the graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1985. Yang Xiong is a senior economic engineer, and vice-mayor of Shanghai municipality. He has held leading posts in business and in the airline industry, and in 2001 he served as deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government.

He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 2013 to 2017. In 2017 he became Vice-Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC.

Career Data

2017— Vice-Chairman, Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC
2013—2017 Mayor, People's Government Shanghai Municipality
2012—2013 Acting Mayor, People's Government Shanghai Municipality
2012—2017 Secretary, People's Government CPC, Leading Party Group Shanghai Municipality
2012—2017 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Shanghai Municipality
2008—2012 Deputy Secretary, People's Government CPC, Leading Party Group Shanghai Municipality
2007— Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Shanghai Municipality
2003—2012 Vice-Mayor, People's Government Shanghai Municipality
2003—2008 Deputy Senior Director, Shanghai World Expo, Executive Committee Shanghai Municipality
2001—2003 Deputy Secretary-General, People's Government Shanghai Municipality
Chairman, Shanghai Airlines Company Shanghai Municipality
1985 Graduate, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Graduate School, Economics Department (Received Master's Degree)
1985 Joined, CPC


Recent Travel & Appearances

24 Feb 17 Huang Qifan appointed vice chairman of NPC financial and economic affairs committee
24 Feb 17 NPC's oath-taking ceremony for new officials held in Beijing
20 Jan 17 Shanghai new mayor pledges to further cut red tape
12 Aug 16 Shanghai, Taipei to hold forum despite cross-Strait communication suspension
27 Feb 16 Travelled to Shanghai Municipality and met with the following:
K.V. Kamath (President of the NDB)
The Agreement Regarding the Headquarters of the BRICS New Development Bank Signed in Shanghai
15 Feb 16 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
K.V. Kamath (President of the New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS)
Economic fundamentals of BRICS unchanged
27 Oct 13 Shanghai mayor vows to enhance city's soft power on IBLAC
07 May 13 Travelled to Shanghai Municipality and met with the following:
Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel)
Benjamin Netanyahu in #Shanghai says #Israel #China expected to perfect tech, manufacturing cooperation
01 Feb 13 Yang Xiong elected mayor of Shanghai #China
26 Dec 12 Yang Xiong appointed as acting mayor of Shanghai #China

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