Chen Yan (; born August 1963) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in

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province. As of March 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

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and before that, mayor of Guiyang and mayor of Tongren. Chen was a delegate to the

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Early life and education

Chen was born in

Suzhou Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

, in August 1963. In 1982, he enrolled at the

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The ...

, where he majored in national economic planning. He joined the

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(CCP) in March 1986.

Career

After university in 1986, Chen was despatched to the Guizhou Provincial Planning Commission (now Guizhou Provincial Development and Reform Commission), where he served in several posts and spent 25 years there. In July 2011, he became vice mayor of

Tongren Tongren ( zh, s=铜仁 , t=銅仁 , p=Tóngrén) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture () until Nov ...

, rising to mayor in January 2016. In September 2017, he was named acting mayor of

Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...

, succeeding Liu Wenxin. In January 2021, he was chosen as vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the

, the provincial advisory body.

Downfall

On 25 March 2024, Chen has been placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the

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(CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the

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, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.

References

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