Compiled from the following sources:

People's Daily Online


XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 2/24/2010
Career Data Updated: 2/24/2010

PHOTO: Yang Zhijin
Yang Zhijin 杨志今
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Culture
Born: 1957

Biography Highlight

Yang Zhijin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Minqin County of Gansu Province. He was born in 1957, graduated from Department of Chinese Literature of Inner Mongolia University in 1982 with a Bachelor Degree and graduated from Department of Chinese Language of People’s University of China in 1985 with a Master Degree. Yang served as Vice-Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) from 2006 to 2010 and became as Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture in 2010.

Recent Career Data

2010— Vice-Minister, Ministry of Culture
2010— Member, Ministry of Culture CPC, Leading Party Group
2006—2010 Chairman, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
2006—2010 Member, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) CPC, Leading Party Group
2006—2010 Member, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC), Secretariat
2000— Member, Chinese Writers Association
Director, CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department, Literature and Art Bureau
Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department, Literature and Art Bureau
1982—1985 Postgraduate, People's University of China, Chinese Language Department Beijing Municipality
1978—1982 Student, Inner Mongolia University, Chinese Department Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot City