Yin Meigen
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
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| birth_place = Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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Yin Meigen ({{zh|s=殷美根|p=Yīn Měigēn}}; born August 1963) is a former Chinese politician who was executive vice governor of Jiangxi Provincial People's Government from 2020 to 2021 and vice chairman of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress in 2023. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in March 2023.
He was a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.
Early life and education
Yin was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in August 1963.{{cite news |author1=Yin Yanhong ({{lang|zh|尹彦宏}}) |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201309/05/t20130905_24718239_1.shtml |script-title=zh:钟利贵任江西省政协党组副书记 殷美根接任九江市委书记(图/简历) |work=ce.cn |date=5 September 2013 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=zh}} In 1981, he entered Jiangxi University of Technology (now Nanchang University), where he majored in power system and its automation. Upon graduation, in May 1985, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Career
After graduating in 1985, Yin was despatched to Jiangxi Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, where he eventually became deputy director in December 2001.
Yin was made executive vice mayor of Jiujiang in May 2008. In August 2011, he was named acting mayor, confirmed in the following month. He rose to become party secretary, the top political position in the city, in September 2013.
He was promoted to vice governor of Jiangxi in November 2015. In November 2016, was appointed party secretary of the capital city Nanchang and was admitted to member of the CCP Jiangxi Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1557396 |script-title=zh:南昌市委主要领导调整：赵爱明讲话，殷美根作表态发言 |work=thepaper |date=8 November 2016 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=zh}} In March 2020, he was promoted again to become executive vice governor.{{cite news |author1=Lin Weiqi ({{lang|zh|林玮琪}}) |url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2020/03/27/709792.html?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0 |script-title=zh:殷美根、吴浩任江西省政府副省长 |work=bjnews.com.cn |date=27 March 2020 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=zh}} He also served as secretary of the Party Working Committee of Ganjiang New Area from October 2020 to June 2022.
In January 2023, he was chosen as vice chairman of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress.{{cite news |url=https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2023-03-29/doc-imynnwtq5104217.shtml |script-title=zh:再打虎！殷美根落马 |work=sina |date=29 March 2023 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=zh}}
Downfall
On 29 March 2023, Yin was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.{{cite news |url=https://www.ccdi.gov.cn/toutiaon/202303/t20230329_255532.html |script-title=zh:江西省人大常委会党组副书记、副主任殷美根接受中央纪委国家监委纪律审查和监察调查 |work=ccdi.gov.cn |date=29 March 2023 |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=zh}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Jiujiang|years=2011–2013}}
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{{s-bef|before=Mao Weiming}}
{{s-ttl|title=Executive Vice Governor of Jiangxi Provincial People's Government|years=2020–2021}}
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{{s-bef|before={{ill|Zhong Ligui|zh|钟利贵}}}}
{{s-ttl|title=Communist Party Secretary of Jiujiang|years=2013–2015}}
{{s-aft|after={{ill|Yang Weidong (born 1964)|zh|杨伟东 (1964年)|lt=Yang Weidong}}}}
{{s-bef|before={{ill|Gong Jianhua (born 1962)|zh|龚建华 (1962年)|lt=Gong Jianhua}}}}
{{s-ttl|title=Communist Party Secretary of Nanchang|years=2016–2020}}
{{s-aft|after=Wu Xiaojun}}
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Category:Nanchang University alumni
Category:Zhongnan University of Economics and Law alumni
Category:Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi