Yang Huanning

Yang Huanning
杨焕宁
Director of State Administration of Work Safety
In office 14 October 2015 – 31 July 2017
Preceded by	Yang Dongliang
Succeeded by	Vacant
Executive Deputy Minister of Public Security
In office April 2008 – 14 October 2015
Minister	Meng Jianzhu Guo Shengkun
Preceded by	Bai Jingfu
Succeeded by	Fu Zhenghua
Personal details
Born	March 1957 (age 60) Anqiu, Shandong, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Southwest University of Political Science & Law Peking University

Yang Huanning (simplified Chinese: 杨焕宁; traditional Chinese: 楊煥寧; pinyin: Yáng Huànníng; born March 1957) is a senior Chinese police and security official. Between 2015 and 2017, he served as the Director of State Administration of Work Safety. Between 2008 and 2015, Yang served as Executive Vice Minister of Public Security (minister-rank). He is also a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Yang was born in Anqiu, Shandong Province in March 1957. After graduating from high school, he participated in the Down to the Countryside Movement launched by Mao Zedong. Yang was sent to Liaocheng, then he worked in Jinan Military Region as a factory worker for an air force production plant. After the resumption of National College Entrance Examination, he entered Southwest University of Political Science & Law, where he majored in criminal investigation.

In 1983, Yang was assigned to work at the Ministry of Public Security, where he served in a series of roles in the criminal investigation department. During this time he was sent to Harbin to serve as deputy police chief for a year, ostensibly to train him for larger assignments. In 1996, he was promoted to become the assistant of Minister of Public Security (department-level), a position he held until 2001.

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