Yan Jinhai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.
Yan Jinhai
ཡན་ཅིན་ཧའེ
严金海
Yan in 2023
Chairman of Xizang Autonomous Region
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 October 2021
Party SecretaryWang Junzheng
Preceded byChe Dalha
Communist Party Secretary of Lhasa
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 January 2021
Preceded byPadma Wangdu [zh]
Personal details
BornMarch 1962 (age 62)
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materQinghai University for Nationalities
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese严金海
Traditional Chinese嚴金海
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYán Jīnhǎi
Tibetan name
Tibetanཡན་ཅིན་ཧའེ
Transcriptions
Wylieyan cin ha'e
Tibetan PinyinYänjinhae

Yan Jinhai (Chinese: 严金海; Tibetan: ཡན་ཅིན་ཧའེ; born March 1962) is a Chinese politician of Tibetan ethnicity who is the current deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Tibet Committee and chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, in office since 8 October 2021.[1] Previously he served as party secretary of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region.

He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]

Early life and education

Yan was born in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai, in March 1962. In 1978, he enrolled at Qinghai University for Nationalities, majoring in Chinese. After graduating in 1982, he taught at Huangnan Normal School for Nationalities.

Career in Qinghai

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1983. He began his political career in November 1984, when he became an official in the Education Bureau of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In February 1990, he became deputy director of the Office of the CCP Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee, rising to director the next year. He served as deputy secretary-general of the CCP Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee in July 1993, and three years later promoted to the secretary-general position. At the same time, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Committee, the prefecture's top authority.

He became deputy party secretary of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in June 1998 before being assigned to the similar position in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in January 2005. In 2005, he was named acting governor of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and was installed in March 2005. In February 2008, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the prefecture. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a prefecture.

He was appointed vice governor of Qinghai in January 2013 and in May 2017 was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.[3]

Career in Tibet

In July 2020, he was transferred to southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region and appointed deputy party secretary,[4] concurrently serving as party secretary of Lhasa since 18 January 2021.[5] On 8 October 2021, he was appointed chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region, succeeding Che Dalha.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Jun, Mai (6 October 2021). "New role for Tibet's chairman in countdown to China's Communist Party congress". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. ^ Nie Chenjing (聂晨静) (24 October 2017). 十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会候补委员名单. Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (26 May 2017). 严金海、于丛乐、马吉孝新任青海省委常委 张光荣等3人不再担任. Economic Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ Zheng Yapeng (郑亚鹏), ed. (20 July 2020). 青海省副省长严金海已调任西藏自治区党委副书记. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (18 January 2021). 西藏自治区党委副书记严金海兼任拉萨市委书记. The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ Meng Yaxu (孟亚旭) (9 October 2021). 不到两年三度履新！十九届中候补严金海 任西藏自治区代主席. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
2005–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region
2021–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
2008–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Lhasa
2021–present 		Incumbent