Yang Xiaobo (born 1971)

Yang Xiaobo 杨晓波
Mayor of Gaoping (County-level)
In office June 2011 – June 2014
Party Secretary	Xie Kemin (谢克敏)
Preceded by	Xie Kemin
Succeeded by	Zou Shuqi
Personal details
Born	November 1971 (age 45) Yangcheng County, Shanxi
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Residence	Gaoping, Shanxi
Alma mater	Nankai University
Occupation	Politician

Yang Xiaobo
Traditional Chinese	楊曉波
Simplified Chinese	杨晓波
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Xiǎobō

Yang Xiaobo (Chinese: 杨晓波; born November 1971) is a Chinese politician from Shanxi province.^[1][2] She was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in April 2014, then she was removed from office and expelled from the party in November 2014.^[3][4][5] Previously she served as the Mayor of the county-level city of Gaoping.^[6]

Life and career

Yang was born and raised in Yangcheng County, Shanxi. She graduated from Nankai University, majoring in economics.

Yang graduated from the Southeastern Shanxi Normal College in 1991, and began work in the Jincheng Mining Bureau. By 1995 she had already been promoted to a leadership position in charge of cadre management. She served in various posts in the Organization Department of Jincheng Municipal Party Committee before serving as Deputy Secretary of the Jincheng Communist Youth League organization.

From May 2006 to May 2011, she served as the head of Propaganda Department of Jinchen Urban District.

In May 2011, she was named acting mayor of Gaoping, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jincheng. This move was considered extremely unusual as it was rare for an official to be transferred directly from a propaganda director position one level below to a mayor position of significant power. A mouth later, she was duly confirmed as mayor.

As mayor she undertook a massive real estate development project with renowned Guangdong property developer Country Garden worth 2.6 billion yuan to 'revitalize' the city. She was also known to have a testy relationship with then Gaoping party chief Xie Kemin. The two were said to both have "strong personalities" and often clashed. As the Shanxi political scene reverberated from a strong 'earthquake' caused by the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping, Xie was taken in for investigation on March 6, 2014.^[7]

On April 30, 2014, Yang herself fell under the anti-corruption dragnet, as it was announced that she would undergo investigation by the Party's internal disciplinary body for "serious violations of laws and regulations". She was the third consecutive mayor of Gaoping to be investigated for corruption in a mere decade.^[8] In November 2014, she was removed from office and expelled from the party for "took advantage of her post to seek profits for others, accepted a huge amount of money and property; and adultery."^{[9][10][11][12]}

References

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5. "More corrupt Shanxi officials expelled from CPC". Xinhua News. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. "山西高平市市长杨晓波涉嫌严重违纪被调查(图/简历)" (in Chinese). People.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
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9. "City mayor expelled from CPC in Shanxi". Shanghaidaily. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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12. "山西涉通奸两女官员升迁之路" (in Chinese). Neteast. Retrieved 2014-11-30.