Yang Zhen (politician)

{{Short description|Chinese politician}}

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| office = Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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| 1namedata = Wang Huning

| term_start = 10 March 2023

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961|11}}

| birth_place = Changzhou, Jiangsu

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| party = Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party

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| alma_mater = Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Yang Zhen (杨震), born November 1961, is a Chinese politician and the former president of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) beginning in June 2006.{{Cite web |title=南京邮电大学校长 杨震 |url=http://www.njupt.edu.cn/s/1/t/1/c0/4a/info49226.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305042327/http://www.njupt.edu.cn/s/1/t/1/c0/4a/info49226.htm |archive-date=2017-03-05 |access-date=2016-07-02 |publisher=南京邮电大学}} On March 10th, 2023, Yang was named a vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Yang received undergraduate and master's degrees from NUPT, and holds a doctorate in communications and information systems from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. From 2001 to 2006, he was the vice president of NUPT, and from 2000 to 2001, he was the deputy director of the school's information engineering department.

Yang was previously a delegate to the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th National People's Congresses.{{Cite web |title=代表信息 |url=http://210.82.31.1:8084/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=120725 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108015837/http://www.npc.gov.cn/delegate/viewDelegate.action?dbid=120725 |archive-date=2016-11-08 |access-date=2016-07-02 |publisher=全国人民代表大会}} Yang was named a standing vice chairman of the central committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party in December 2022. On March 10th, 2023, Yang was named a vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.{{Cite news |date=2023-03-10 |title=(两会受权发布)政协第十四届全国委员会选出领导人 王沪宁当选全国政协主席 |url=http://www.news.cn/2023-03/10/c_1129425518.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311015524/http://www.news.cn/2023-03/10/c_1129425518.htm |archive-date=2023-03-11 |access-date=2023-03-11 |agency=新华通讯社}}

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