Wang Yang (politician)

Wang Yang
汪洋
Wang Yang in 2019
9th Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 14 March 2018 – 10 March 2023
First Vice Chairman	Zhang Qingli
Secretary General	Xia Baolong Li Bin
Preceded by	Yu Zhengsheng
Succeeded by	Wang Huning
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office 16 March 2013 – 19 March 2018 Serving with Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yandong, Ma Kai
Premier	Li Keqiang
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
In office 1 December 2007 – 18 December 2012
Deputy	Huang Huahua Zhu Xiaodan (Governor of Guangdong)
Preceded by	Zhang Dejiang
Succeeded by	Hu Chunhua
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing
In office 24 December 2005 – 1 December 2007
Deputy	Wang Hongju (mayor)
Preceded by	Huang Zhendong
Succeeded by	Bo Xilai
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-05) 5 March 1955 (age 69)[citation needed] Suzhou, Anhui
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1975-present)
Children	Wang Xisha (daughter)
Alma mater	Central Party School, College of Continuing Education University of Science and Technology of China
Cabinet	Li Keqiang Government

Wang Yang
"Wang Yang" in Chinese characters
Chinese	汪洋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāng Yáng IPA [wáŋ jǎŋ]

Wang Yang (Chinese: 汪洋; born 5^{[citation needed]} March 1955) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2018 to 2023. He was also the fourth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022.

Wang was born in Anhui, where he began his initial political career. He joined the central government in 1999, serving in various posts at the State Council until 2005. He was appointed as the Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing in 2005, and later became the Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong and a member of the Politburo in 2007. During his tenure in Guangdong, he pursued relatively liberal economic and social policies, dubbed the "Guangdong model" and contrasted with the more leftist model advocated by Bo Xilai, who succeeded Wang as the Chongqing Communist Party Secretary.

From 2013 to 2018, Wang served as vice premier in charge of agriculture, water management, commerce, tourism, and poverty reduction under Premier Li Keqiang. He was promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee in 2017, becoming its fourth-ranking member. He was appointed as the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2018. Wang retired from the PSC in 2022, and was succeeded by Wang Huning as the CPPCC chair in 2023.