Wang Yang (politician)

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.

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