Yu Mingtao (; November 29, 1917 – May 28, 2017) was a politician of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. He was the first Auditor General of National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China. He also served as governor of

Shaanxi Province Shaanxi is a province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to the west. Shaanxi ...

, and president of China Audit Society. Born in Shen County, Hebei Province, he joined

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 ...

in October 1936. After

Lushan Conference The Lushan Conference was a meeting of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held between July and August 1959. The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP Politburo met in an "expanded session" (''Kuoda Huiyi'') between July ...

in 1959, together with Hua Guofeng, he was elected as secretary in the secretariat of CCP

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

committee. He was promoted to a standing committee member of CCP Hunan committee and director about economics commission of Hunan, in charge of industry,

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and

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. Since 1961, Yu had served as a standing committee member of CCP center-south bureau and director of its finance and trading commission, secretary of CCP

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municipal committee, vice director of

municipal revolutionary commission, and governor of

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

. In 1983, Yu was appointed as first Auditor General of newly founded National Audit Office. He was a member of 11th and 12th Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party. He also was a member of 13th Central Advisory Commission.

References

External links

Yu Mingtao's profile at people.com.cn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Mingtao 1917 births 2017 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Politicians from Hengshui Governors of Shaanxi Governors of Henan People from Shenzhou City Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party