Yang Xiaodu (; born 26 October 1953) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the first director of the National Supervisory Commission from 2018 to 2023. He served as a member of the 19th

Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the executive committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Currently, the bureau i ...

from 2017 to 2022. From 2014 to 2022, he served as a

Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection () is the deputy to the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also tra ...

(CCDI), the leading anti-graft body of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

. He has served in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

and

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

during his early political career.

Early life

Yang was born in

in October 1953. In 1970, during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

, he was sent-down youth performing manual labour in the Songji Commune,

Taihe County, Anhui Taihe County ( zh, s=太和县 , p=Tàihé Xiàn) is a county in northwestern Anhui, Anhui Province, China, bordering Henan Province to the north. It is under the Administrative division, administration of Fuyang City. History Ancient Times Th ...

province, which lasted until 1973. In 1973, he joined the

(CCP). In September 1973, he began studying at the Department of Pharmacy at the Shanghai Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, graduating in 1976. He afterwards began working as a division head and deputy general manager for a drug company in

Nagqu Prefecture Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Autonomous regions of China, Chinese autonomous region of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declare ...

, Tibet.

Political career

Between 1984 and 1986, he was named the CCP secretary of Nagqu Hospital. In September 1986, Yang was named deputy commissioner (vice mayor equivalent) of Nagqu. In December 1992, he was named deputy CCP secretary and deputy commissioner of Chamdo Prefecture. In 1995, he was named director of the finance department of the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In May 1998, he became vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, ascending to sub-provincial rank for the first time. Starting in 1998, he studied legal theory at the Central Party School with part-time studies, graduating with a master's degree in law in 2001. In 2001, he returned to his native Shanghai and was appointed as vice mayor. In October 2006, he was named a member of the municipal Party standing committee of Shanghai and head of the municipal

United Front Work Department The United Front Work Department (UFWD) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tasked with " united front work". It gathers intelligence on, manages relations with, and attempts to gain influence over ...

; in May 2012, he was named head of the Shanghai Discipline Inspection Commission.

Supervisory career

In November 2013, having reached retirement age for sub-provincial level officials, he was named head of the 3rd Inspection Team of the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

(CCDI), in charge of anti-corruption work at the Ministry of Land and Resources. In January 2014, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the CCDI. On December 25, 2016, Yang was named Minister of Supervision, the eighth and oldest person to serve in the position since the founding of the People's Republic, as well as the final one with the abolition of the Ministry in 2018. After the 19th CCP Congress in 2017, Yang was elected as a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. On 18 March 2018, Yang was elected as the inaugural Director of the

National Supervisory Commission The National Supervisory Commission is the highest supervisory and anti-corruption authority of the People's Republic of China. Formed in 2018 by an 2018 amendment to the Constitution of China, amendment to the Constitution of China, Constitut ...

(NSC). He was succeeded as NSC director on 11 March 2023 by Liu Jinguo.

Post-retirement

On 20 September 2023, after the conclusion of the eight national congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), Yang was elected as the honorary chair of the CDPF, succeeding Deng Pufang.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Xiaodu 1953 births Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai Directors of the National Supervisory Commission Members of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Political office-holders in Shanghai Political office-holders in Tibet