Yang Zhenwu, Male, Han nationality, is a native of Xinle City, Hebei Province. He was born in 1955, joined the CPC in 1975, graduated from Nankai University and entered the work force in 1978. From 2009 to 2013, he was Director of CPC Shanghai Municipal Community Publicity Department. From April 2013 to 2014 he was Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily. In 2014 he became President of People’s Daily. He is a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee.