Wang Yang (politician)

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Wang Yang, (Chinese: 汪洋; Born March 12, 1955) is the current Secretary of the Guangdong Committee of the Communist Party of China.

[edit] Biography

Wang Yang was born in Suzhou, Anhui in 1955. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1975.

Wang served as the CPC party chief in Chongqing from 2005 to 2007, and became the party chief in Guangdong in 2007.

He is a member of the 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China.

He is known as a reformer and has been instrumental in pushing the the more liberalised Guangdong province towards greater economic and political freedoms^[1]. This has been part of a broader movement to make Shenzhen a pioneer city in China's new economy. Admidst the Global financial crisis of 2008, Wang disagreed with the central government's policies on small- and medium-sized businesses, remarking in controversy that they are "not productive and will eventually be eliminated by the market."^[2] After a visit to the Pearl River Delta by Premier Wen Jiabao, who was in favour of protecting small and medium-sized enterprises, there was little sign that the Wang-led Guangdong government would follow this direction. A politically-motivated Beijing was very sensitive to this move.

[edit] External links

• (Chinese) Biography of Wang Yang, Xinhua News Agency.

Preceded by Huang Zhendong	Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Committee 2005 – 2007	Succeeded by Bo Xilai
Preceded by Zhang Dejiang	Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Committee 2007 –	Succeeded by incumbent

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