Yang Xiaobo (politician, born 1963)

Yang Xiaobo (January 1963 – 27 January 2020[1]) was a Chinese structural engineer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute (2003–2007), Mayor of Huangshi, Hubei (2009–2014), and President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company (2014–2020), and was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018). He died of severe pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.

Not to be confused with Yang Xiaobo (Shanxi politician).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Xiaobo
杨晓波
Mayor of Huangshi
In office
February 2009 – December 2014
Preceded byWang Jianming
Succeeded byDong Weimin
Member of the National People's Congress
(12th)
In office
March 2013 – March 2018
ChairmanZhang Dejiang
ConstituencyHubei
Director-general of the Construction Department of Hubei Province
In office
April 2007 – December 2008
Preceded byZhang Famao
Succeeded byLi Debing
Personal details
BornJanuary 1963 (1963-01)
Tianmen, Hubei
Died (aged 57)
Wuhan, Hubei
Cause of deathPneumonia induced by COVID-19
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materBeijing Jiaotong University
Tianjin University
Ohio University
ProfessionStructural engineer
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨晓波
Traditional Chinese楊曉波

Early life and education

Yang was born in January 1963 in Tianmen, Hubei.[2][3] He entered Beijing Jiaotong University in 1981, majoring in structural engineering. After earning his bachelor's degree in September 1985, he pursued graduate studies at Tianjin University, earning his master's degree in structural engineering in June 1988. He joined the Communist Party of China in May 1988.[2][3]

Career

In June 1988, Yang became an engineer at the Central South Architectural Design Institute, where he worked in structural design of industrial and residential buildings. He later earned an MBA degree from Ohio University in the United States. He was promoted to President of the Central South Architectural Design Institute in April 2003, serving until 2007.[2][3]

Yang entered the Hubei Provincial Government in April 2007 to serve as Director of the Department of Construction.[2][3] He subsequently studied at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China from March 2008 to January 2009, and was appointed acting mayor and later Mayor of Huangshi, a prefecture-level city east of Wuhan, in February 2009. He also concurrently served as Deputy Party Secretary of Huangshi.[2][3] He was a member of the 10th Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress (2013–2018).[2][3][4]

In December 2014, Yang was appointed President of Changjiang Property Insurance Company Ltd., a joint venture established in 2011 by China Guodian Corporation together with several state-owned enterprises controlled by the Hubei provincial government. It was headquartered in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. Under his leadership, the company signed strategic cooperation agreements with many local governments in Hubei,[3] but also received many citations from the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission for violating industry regulations. It was fined 100,000 yuan in March 2019 for appointing people lacking professional qualifications to top executive positions.[2]

Death

Yang made his last public appearance on 17 December 2019. On 1 January 2020, he sent a new year's greeting to all employees of Changjiang Property Insurance.[3] On 28 January 2020, Chinese media reported that Yang Xiaobo had died of severe pneumonia at age 57 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei.[2][5][1] He was one of the 100 people who had died during the outbreak in Hubei by that date.[3]

References
  1. 黄石原市长杨晓波感染肺炎：从确诊到去世只有2天. sina.com.cn (in Simplified Chinese). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. Hu Zhiting 胡志挺 (28 January 2020). 57岁长江财险董事长杨晓波感染肺炎去世，曾任湖北黄石市长. The Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. 湖北黄石原市长杨晓波因重症肺炎去世. Phoenix News (in Chinese). 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. 杨晓波 全国人大代表 (in Chinese). National People's Congress. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. Xiao Shan 小山 (28 January 2020). 武汉肺炎 武汉任职一前市长重症病毒死亡. Radio France International (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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