Yang Xiong (politician)

Yang Xiong
杨雄
Mayor of Shanghai
In office 26 December 2012 – 17 January 2017 Acting until 1 February 2013
Preceded by	Han Zheng
Succeeded by	Ying Yong
Personal details
Born	November 1953 Nanhui, Jiangsu (now Pudong, Shanghai), China
Died	April 12, 2021(2021-04-12) (aged 67) Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Yang Xiong (Chinese: 杨雄; November 1953 – 12 April 2021) was a Chinese politician and business executive. He was Mayor of Shanghai.^[1][2]

On 17 January 2017, Yang resigned as mayor.^[3] He was replaced by Ying Yong.^[4]

Yang died surprisingly on 12 April 2021 at Huashan Hospital from heart failure.^[5] He was 67.

1. ↑ 杨雄同志简历 [Biography of Yang Xiong] (in Chinese). People.com.cn. December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. ↑ "Yang Xiong". China Vitae. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. ↑ 杨雄辞任上海市市长
4. ↑ 应勇当选上海市人民政府市长 Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine - Eastday (February 4, 2017)
5. ↑ 时正 (12 April 2021). "上海市原市长杨雄同志逝世". 上观新闻. 解放日报社. Retrieved 12 April 2021.