Pan Yiyang

Pan Yiyang 潘逸阳
Executive Vice Chairman of Inner Mongolia
In office October 2010 – September 2014
Preceded by	Ren Yaping (任亚平)
Succeeded by	Fu Taizeng (符太增)
CPC Party Chief of Ganzhou
In office September 2003 – October 2010
Preceded by	Zhang Hairu (张海如)
Succeeded by	Shi Wenqing (史文清)
CPC Party Chief of Xinyu
In office December 1998 – December 2001
Preceded by	Ding Yaoming (丁耀民)
Succeeded by	Hong Lihe (洪礼和)
Personal details
Born	August 1961 (age 63) Huiyang District, Huizhou, Guangdong
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China (expelled)
Residence	Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
Alma mater	Sun Yat-sen University
Occupation	Politician

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Pan.

Pan Yiyang
Traditional Chinese	潘逸陽
Simplified Chinese	潘逸阳
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pān Yìyáng

Pan Yiyang (born August 1961) is a former Chinese politician who served in regional posts in Jiangxi province and Inner Mongolia. Pan served as the Communist Party Secretary of Ganzhou between 2003 and 2010, and subsequently Executive Vice Chairman of Inner Mongolia. During his tenure in the autonomous region he also sat on the Party Standing Committee of Inner Mongolia. He was placed under investigation for corruption in September 2014 and expelled from the Communist Party.

Chinese media reported that he had close relations with former Jiangxi Party Secretary Su Rong. Pan and Su worked together during their respective tenures in high-ranking posts in Jiangxi province.

Life

Pan was born and raised in Huiyang District of Huizhou, Guangdong, where he earned a Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-sen University.

He became involved in politics in January 1982 and joined the Communist Party of China in August 1984. Beginning in 1983, he served in several posts in Foshan, including Deputy Party Secretary, and Party Secretary.

In March 1998, he was appointed the CPC Party Chief of Conghua, he remained in that position until December 1998, when he was transferred to Xinyu and appointed the CPC Party Chief.

From December 2001 to September 2003, he served as the head of the Agriculture Department of Jiangxi Province.

He became the CPC Party Chief of Ganzhou in September 2003, and served until October 2010.

He was promoted to become the Executive Vice-Chairman of the government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in October 2010.

On September 17, 2014, the state media reported that he would be investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China for "serious disciplinary violations".

The party investigation concluded that Pan engaged in "non-organizational political activities", did not observe "political discipline and political rules", gave gifts to seek specific offices, sought to advance the interests of associates through accepting cash and gifts. "Pan Yiyang was an alternate member of the Central Committee; his ideals and beliefs evaporated, severely violated party discpline, did not tone down his behavior even after the 18th Party Congress." He was expelled from the Communist Party on October 16, 2015, and his case moved to judicial authorities for processing.

Pan was a member of the 11th National People's Congress, and an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.