Yang Xianjin

Yang Xianjin (Chinese: 杨贤金, born in December 1962 in Gaochun, Jiangsu) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Minister of the Organization Department; and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tianjin University.^[1]

Yang Xianjin commenced his profession in July 1984 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1985. He received a bachelor's degree in metallic materials and heat treatment from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tianjin University and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University. He possesses the academic title of professor and has been a doctoral advisor since April 2001.^[2]

Yang has dedicated most of his career to higher education, focusing on teaching, research, and administrative leadership. He held successive positions as dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University, deputy party secretary, and executive deputy party secretary of Tianjin University.^[3]

In November 2011, he was designated as Party Secretary of East China University of Science and Technology. In December 2014, he assumed the role of Party Secretary at Tongji University, attaining a vice-ministerial status.^[4]

In June 2017, Yang was assigned to local government duties in Fujian Province, where he held a position as a member of the Leading Party Group of the People's Government.^[5] In July 2017, he was designated vice governor of Fujian Province. He simultaneously held the positions of president of the Fujian Institute of Administration and president of the Fujian Red Cross Society. Since May 2019, he has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and head of its Organization Department, while concurrently holding the positions of president of the Fujian Party School, and president of the Fujian Institute of Administration.^[6]

In August 2021, Yang re-entered the education sector as Party Secretary of Tianjin University, where he supervises all Party-related matters of the institution.^[7]

Yang serves as a deputy in the 14th National People's Congress. He formerly held positions as a member of the 10th Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and its Standing Committee, a member of the 11th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the 12th Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and served as a deputy to both the 13th Fujian Provincial People's Congress and the 18th Tianjin Municipal People's Congress.^[8]