Former Mayor Yang Xiong died yesterday.Yang Xiong, who has been working in Shanghai for a long time, was selected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2007. He worked under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and served as the mayor of Shanghai from 2012 to 2017.

Yu Zeyuan Beijing Report

The former mayor of Shanghai Yang Xiong died at Shanghai Huashan Hospital yesterday morning at the age of 68.According to the Internet, Yang Xiong is a sudden death, and its inducement may be too much smoking.

Chinese official media released the news of Yang Xiong yesterday, saying that Yang Xiong was "the outstanding party member of the Communist Party of China and a loyal communist warrior."

Yang Xiong graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1985 and worked in Shanghai for a long time.Chairman, general manager of Shanghai Lianhe Investment Co., Ltd., chairman of Shanghai Airlines, and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Shanghai Airlines Co., Ltd..

In February 2001, Yang Xiong served as Deputy Secretary -General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, assisting Xu Kuangdi, then the mayor of Shanghai.In February 2003, Yang Xiong was promoted to the deputy mayor of Shanghai.

In May 2007, Yang Xiong was selected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and worked under the leadership of Xi Jinping, then the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China.In January 2008, Yang Xiong served as the executive deputy mayor of Shanghai.

In May 2012, the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China was released, and Yang Xiong was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.It is generally estimated that Yang Xiong is about to cross the threshold of retirement of the 60 -year -old retirement of the deputy ministerial level, and the election of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee shows that he will retreat to the second line.In November 2012, the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing.Yang Xiong, who was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, naturally failed to be selected as a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China or the central alternate member.

After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yu Zhengsheng, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, was promoted to the Standing Committee of the Politburo.Mayor of the Central Committee, Non -Central Alternate member) Mayor.

In January 2017, Yang Xiong stepped down as the mayor of Shanghai and served as the deputy chairman of the National People's Congress Finance and Economic Committee.In March 2018, Yang Xiong served as the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPPCC National Committee.

Low -key and don't like publicity

Compared with the Shanghai Mayor after the reform and opening up, Yang Xiong is considered the lowest -key one in his tenure and retirement.In December 2018, two photos of Yang Xiong circulated on the Internet on the streets were circulating on the street.The text attached to the photo states: "The former mayor of Shanghai stood on the wall on the middle of Fuxing Road.

However, an online article signed "Xu Shiping" has different interpretations.The article said: "When the mayor, you shouldn't be embraced and hugged. If you retreat, you can't talk about any loneliness. It is normal. Many leaders may not have to pass this level.This is to like Mr. Yang Xiong. "

"Xu Shiping" published an article on the Internet yesterday that the author has known Yang Xiong for more than 20 years. "Above the officialdom, some people have some things, which is a bit unbearable.Kind, open -minded, but people are very low -key.