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: 6/30/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/22/2007

PHOTO: Yao Zhenyan
Yao Zhenyan 姚振炎
Former Governor, China Development Bank
Born: 1932

Biography Highlight

Yao Zhenyan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Changshu, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1932, graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University and joined the CPC in 1956.

Recent Career Data

1998—2003 Vice-Chairman, 9th Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the NPC
1997—2002 Delegate, 15th CPC, National Congress
1994—1998 Governor, China Development Bank
1991—1994 Vice-Minister, National Development and Reform Commission (Formerly the State Planning Commission)
1956 Joined, CPC
1952 Graduate, Jiaotong University, Civil Engineering College Shanghai Municipality