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{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Yang (surname)|Yang]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Yang Chuantang
|native_name = {{nobold|杨传堂}}
|native_name_lang = zh-Hans-CN
|image = Yang Chuantang.png
|caption = Yang Chuantang

| office = [[Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]
| 1blankname = {{nowrap|Chairman}}
| 1namedata = [[Wang Yang (politician)|Wang Yang]]
| term_start = 14 March 2018
| term_end = 10 March 2023
| office1 = [[Minister of Transport (China)|Minister of Transport]]
| term_start1 = 31 August 2012
| term_end1 = 3 September 2016
| premier1 = [[Wen Jiabao]]<br />[[Li Keqiang]]
| deputy1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Li Shenglin]]
| successor1 = [[Li Xiaopeng (politician)|Li Xiaopeng]]
|office2 = [[Party Secretary of Tibet]]
|governor2 =
|term_start2 = 16 December 2004
|term_end2 = 29 May 2006 <br /><small>Incapacitated October 2005</small>
|deputy2 = [[Qiangba Puncog]] (Chairman)
|predecessor2 = [[Guo Jinlong]]
|successor2 = [[Zhang Qingli]]
|office3 = [[Governor of Qinghai]]
|term_start3 = 20 October 2003
|term_end3 = 23 December 2004
|1blankname3 = Party Secretary
|1namedata3 = [[Zhao Leji]]
|predecessor3 = Zhao Leji
|successor3 = [[Song Xiuyan]]
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954|5}}
|birth_place = [[Yucheng City|Yucheng County]], [[Shandong]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|nationality = Chinese
|party = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
|spouse =
|children =
|alma_mater = [[Shandong Normal University]]
}}

'''Yang Chuantang''' ({{lang-zh |s = 杨传堂 |t = 楊傳堂 |p = Yáng Chuántáng }}; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who served as the Minister of Transport of the [[People's Republic of China]] from 2012 to 2016. He has also served as the vice chairman of the [[State Ethnic Affairs Commission]], [[governor of Qinghai]], party secretary of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], and one of the vice chairmen of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Yang_Chuantang%7C2141|title=China Vitae : Biography of Yang Chuantang}}</ref>

==Biography==
=== Shandong ===
Yang was born in [[Yucheng City|Yucheng]], [[Shandong]] province. He joined the military at age 18. During the [[Cultural Revolution]], he worked on a rural cooperative, then was transferred to work at a petrochemicals factory, where he ascended the ranks to become supervisor and party secretary. He joined the [[Communist Youth League of China|Communist Youth League]]<ref name="shuffle">{{cite news |url = http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=8589&t=1 |title = New Tibet Party chief in leadership reshuffle |work=[[International Campaign for Tibet]] |access-date = 2004-12-17 |publisher=2010-10-31 }}</ref> and then the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1976 He then took part in the production of [[ethylene]] at the [[Qilu Petrochemicals Company]] (now a part of [[China Petrochemical Corporation]]) in Shandong, his home province. He studied Chinese between 1981 and 1983 at [[Shandong Normal University]]. In August 1987, he was named deputy head of the [[Communist Youth League]] of Shandong province. In January 1992, he was sent to become head commissioner (mayor equivalent) of [[Dezhou]] prefecture.

=== Tibet ===
In November 1993, he was transferred to Tibet to serve as a member of the regional [[Party Standing Committee]] and Executive Vice Chairman.

In 1996, he studied [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibetan]] affairs at the [[Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Party School]] and described being "fascinated with" Tibet and its "long hours of sunshine, rich water resources, and [[Geography of Tibet|diversified geological and climate conditions]]".<ref name="ct">{{Cite news |url = http://seekspace.resip.ac.cn/bitstream/2239/9230/1/File_15285.pdf |title=Building a Harmonious and Prosperous Tibet|first1=Xixiang|last1=Gong|first2=Juan|last2=Xi|first3=Xueyi|last3=Guo|publisher=[[China Today]]|date=September 2006 }}</ref>

=== Qinghai ===
In October 2003, he succeeded [[Zhao Leji]] and moved to the position of deputy secretary of the [[CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee]], deputy governor and acting [[Governor of Qinghai|governor]] of the Qinghai province. Having worked in the [[petrochemical industry]],<ref name="shuffle"/> he was appointed governor of [[Qinghai]] Province from January to December 2004.

=== 2nd in Tibet ===
His promotion to [[Party Secretary of Tibet]] in December 2004 was seen as part of a trend in appointing "more highly educated and competent" administrators to lead provincial governments.<ref name="shuffle"/> In November 2005, he was sent to Beijing for treatment of a [[Intracerebral hemorrhage|cerebral hemorrhage]]. [[Zhang Qingli]] was appointed acting secretary of the CCP Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee,<ref name="f864">{{cite book | author=瞭望东方周刊社 | author2=瞭望周刊社 | title=瞭望东方周刊 | publisher=瞭望东方传媒有限公司 | issue=nos. 27-52 | year=2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RikyAQAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-23 | page=8}}</ref> and in May 2006, Zhang was formally appointed secretary of the [[Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref name="v635">{{cite book | title=中国人物年鉴 | publisher=[[Huayi Publishing House]] | year=2008 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMcQAQAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-23 | page=82}}</ref>

=== Beijing ===
Yang was given a Deputy Director position at the [[National Ethnic Affairs Commission]], while maintaining his provincial-ministerial rank in May 2005. In August 2011, he became the Chairperson of the [[All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives]].<ref name="x514">{{cite web | title= 杨传堂同志简历 | website=politics.people.com.cn | date=2012-12-29 | url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2012/1229/c1001-20053574.html | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref> In August 2012, Yang Chuangtang was appointed to succeed [[Li Shenglin]] as [[Minister of Transport (China)|Minister of Transport]].<ref name="y895">{{cite web | title=杨传堂任交通运输部党组书记李盛霖不再担任该职_中华人民共和国中央人民政府门户网站 | website=中国政府网_中央人民政府门户网站 | date=2012-08-02 | url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2012-08/02/content_2609383.htm | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref><ref name="n824">{{cite web | title=杨传堂接替李盛霖任交通运输部部长 | website=经济频道-财新网 | date=2012-08-31 | url=https://economy.caixin.com/2012-08-31/100431484.html | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref> At the first plenary session of the [[12th National People's Congress]] in March 2013, he was endorsed for the position.<ref name="t181">{{cite web | title= 全国人大决定杨传堂为交通运输部部长 | website=[[China News Service]]| date=2013-03-16 | url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2013/03-16/4649622.shtml | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>

Yang was an alternate of the [[16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]], and a full member of the [[17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|17th]] and [[18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|18th]] Central Committees.<ref name="f961">{{cite web | title=中国共产党第十八届中央委员会委员名单_共产党员网 | website=共产党员网_中共中央组织部 | date=2012-11-14 | url=https://www.12371.cn/2012/11/14/ARTI1352887908892579.shtml | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>

On March 14, 2018, Yang Chuantang, was elected vice-chairman of the [[13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC), becoming a leader of the party and the state. On March 10, 2023, he stepped down from his post as vice-chairman of the CPPCC, and on May 10, 2023, he stepped down from his post as party secretary of the Ministry of Transportation.<ref name="u805">{{cite web | title=交通运输部党组书记调整-交通要闻-中华人民共和国交通运输部 | website=中华人民共和国交通运输部 - Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China | date=2023-05-10 | url=https://www.mot.gov.cn/jiaotongyaowen/202305/t20230510_3824371.html | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref><ref name="t365">{{cite web | title=交通部党组书记杨传堂卸任，李小鹏书记部长"一肩挑" | website=澎湃新闻 | date=2023-05-10 | url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23024611 | language=zh | access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
* {{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20040207111551/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-10/23/content_1137943.htm Biography of Yang Chuantang], [[Xinhua News Agency]].

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{{Succession box | before = [[Guo Jinlong]] | title = [[Party Secretary of Tibet]] | years = 2004–2006 | after = [[Zhang Qingli]] }}
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