Yin Hong

Yin Hong (Chinese: 尹弘; born June 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving since February 2017 as the Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai. He has served for his entire political career in Shanghai.

Biography

Yin was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. He graduated from the Shanghai University of Technology with a double major in engineering and law. He joined the workforce in July 1985. After graduating, he became involved in the university's Communist Youth League organization. He was then transferred to the Shanghai planning commission to work as a functionary. He then successively served as the deputy governor of Songjiang County, the deputy governor of Changning District, the deputy party chief of Shigatse, the governor of Zhabei District, and the deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai government.

In May 2012, he was named a member of the Shanghai municipal party standing committee and in June became Secretary-General of the Party Committee.^[1] In January 2017, he was promoted to deputy party chief of Shanghai.^[2]

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