Yu Shaoliang (; born 26 July 1964) is a Chinese editor and politician who is the current president of the

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, in office since September 2024. From 2022 to 2024, he served as its editor-in-chief He is an alternate of the

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Early life and education

Yu was born in

Zanhuang County Zanhuang County () is a Counties of China, county in the southwestern Hebei, Hebei Province, North China, North China, bordering Shanxi province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the provincia ...

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, on 26 July 1964. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1980, he was accepted to

Hebei University Hebei University () is a provincial public university in Baoding, Hebei, China. The university has approximately 42,000 full-time students, including over 6,400 postgraduate students and about 28,000 undergraduates. History The university was ...

, majoring in Chinese language and literature.

Career in Xinhua News Agency

After graduating in 1984, he was assigned to the Hebei Branch of

Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ...

as a journalist. He was promoted to vice president of the Shaanxi Branch of Xinhua News Agency in July 1999, and was promoted again to the president position in September 2004. He was director of the General Office of Xinhua News Agency in December 2008, and held that office until May 2010, when he was appointed director of its Personnel Bureau. He also served as vice president of Xinhua News Agency since July 2014.

Career in Hubei

He was appointed head of Organization Department and president of Provincial Party School in February 2016 and was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.

Career in Shanghai

In June 2018, he was transferred to

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and being assigned to the similar position there. He concurrently served as deputy party secretary of Shanghai and secretary of Shanghai Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

Career in People's Daily

On 26 February 2022, he was appointed chief editor of the

, succeeding

Tuo Zhen Tuo Zhen ( zh, s=庹震, p=Tuǒ Zhèn; born 9 September 1959) is a Chinese journalist and politician, serving the Chief Editor and President of the People's Daily Press, the official mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist P ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Shaoliang 1964 births Living people People from Zanhuang County Hebei University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Alternates of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party