Yang Zixing

Yang Zixing (born October 1959) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in northeast China's Gansu province. As of June 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. He has been retired for 6 years. Previously he served as vice governor of Gansu.

Early life and education
Yang was born in Gulang County, Gansu, in October 1959. Upon the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, he became a sent-down youth in Wuwei. After resuming the college entrance examination, in 1978, he entered Northwest Normal University, where he majored in Chinese language and literature. From 1997 to 1999, he did his postgraduate work at Lanzhou University. He also earned his master's degree in public administration in 2008.

Career
After university in 1982, Yang was despatched to Gansu Provincial Forestry Department. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1984.

In December 1989, Yang became deputy director of the Office of Gansu Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, rising to director in March 1993.

In May 2000, Yang was admitted to member of the CCP Longnan Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was also vice mayor in September 2000 and subsequently deputy party secretary in December 2004.

In April 2005, Yang was named acting mayor of Dingxi, confirmed in July of the same year. He was party secretary, the top political position in the city, in February 2008, concurrently serving as chairperson of the People's Congress.

He was chosen as executive deputy head of the Organization Department of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee in November 2013 and subsequently vice governor of Gansu in June 2015. He retired in January 2018.

Downfall
On 20 July 2017, Yang was given a warning as a measure of party discipline for the ecological environment destruction in Qilian Mountains.

On 12 June 2024, Yang was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" 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.