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Yang Gang was born on 1 January, 1953 in Gaocheng, Hebei, China, is a Chinese politician. Discover Yang Gang's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1953
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Gaocheng, Hebei, China
Nationality China

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1953

Yang Gang (born January 1953) is a former Chinese politician.

Yang was born in Gaocheng County, Hebei in January 1953, near the city of Shijiazhuang.

He followed his father Yang Zhaocai to Xinjiang where the family lived at and worked for the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).

Yang's father was a human resources official with the XPCC.

1969

Beginning in 1969, he performed agricultural labour for the XPCC; he remained there for much of the Cultural Revolution.

1978

Yang entered Xinjiang University in September 1978 after the resumption of the National College Entrance Examination, majoring in political theory, where he graduated in August 1982.

After graduation, he continued to work in Xinjiang, where he entered the Communist Youth League organization of the XPCC.

1986

Yang was further educated in political theory at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party from September 1986 to July 1989.

1993

In October 1993, he was named deputy party chief of Turpan (department-level).

1999

Between 1999 and 2010, he was a top regional official in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, serving first as the Communist Party Secretary of regional capital Urumqi and then Deputy Secretary of the Xinjiang regional Party Committee.

November 1999 he was promoted to become the Party Secretary of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, and a year later, a member of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Standing Committee.

He was said to possess immense power in Xinjiang largely because he grew up and lived in the region for most of his life and had an extensive network of contacts.

2006

He held the position of party chief of Urumqi until November 2006.

In November 2006, he was appointed the Deputy Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Committee, he remained in that position until December 2010, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed the vice-chairman of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

2010

Between 2010 and 2013 Yang served as the deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).

2011

Yang was a member of the 11th National People's Congress and an alternate member of 16th and 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

2013

He served in the post until July 2013.

In 2013, Yang was selected to become a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and sat on its economics committee as a vice chair.

On December 27, 2013, Yang was detained for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party for "serious violations of laws and regulations".

On December 30, Yang was dismissed from his position for corruption.

2014

On July 11, 2014, at the conclusion of the CCDI investigation, Yang was accused of abuse of power, taking "massive bribes", and adultery, and was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.

2016

On January 20, 2016, Yang Gang was sentenced to 12 years in jail for taking bribes worth 12.16 million yuan (~$2.0 million), $11,000 in U.S. dollars, and other assets worth 1.56 million yuan.