Compiled from the following sources:
People's Daily Online
XINHUA Online (China View)
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 2/24/2010
Career Data Updated: 2/24/2010
Yang Zhijin 杨志今
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Culture; Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Born: 1957
Birthplace: Gansu Province, Minqin County
Biography
Yang Zhijin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Minqin County of Gansu Province. He was born in 1957, graduated from Department of Chinese Literature of Inner Mongolia University in 1982 with a Bachelor Degree and graduated from Department of Chinese Language of People’s University of China in 1985 with a Master Degree. Yang served as Vice-Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) from 2006 to 2010 and became as Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture in 2010.
