Yang Zhenwu

Yang Zhenwu
杨振武
Yang in July 2017
Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
17 March 2018  10 March 2023
ChairmanLi Zhanshu
Preceded byWang Chen
Succeeded byLiu Qi
President of the People's Daily
In office
30 April 2014  2018
Preceded byZhang Yannong
Succeeded byLi Baoshan
Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily
In office
27 April 2013  2014
Preceded byCai Mingzhao
Succeeded byLi Baoshan
Head of the Propaganda Department of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee
In office
2009–2013
Party SecretaryYu Zhengsheng
Han Zheng
Preceded byWang Zhongwei
Succeeded byXu Lin
Personal details
BornMay 1956 (age 69)
Xinle County, Hebei, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNankai University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Zhènwǔ

Yang Zhenwu (born May 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as president of the People's Daily from 2014 to 2018. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1975, and entered the workforce in September 1978. He is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a representative of the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.