Gao Yan (politician)

Gao Yan
高严
Party Secretary of Yunnan
In office
June 1995  August 1997
Preceded byPu Chaozhu
Succeeded byLinghu An
Governor of Jilin
In office
March 1992  June 1995
Preceded byWang Zhongyu
Succeeded byWang Yunkun
Personal details
Born1942 (age 8283)
Fuyu, Jilin Province
Political partyChinese Communist Party
EducationChangchun Power School
OccupationPolitician, engineer
Gao Yan
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāo Yán
Wade–GilesKao Yen

Gao Yan (born 1942) is a Chinese former politician. He served as the Governor of Jilin and the Party Secretary of Yunnan and was a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He reportedly fled the country in 2002 amidst investigations into corruption as the leader of the State Power Corporation of China.