Yin Kesheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yin.

Yin Kesheng
尹克升
Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai
In office July 1985 – March 1997
Deputy	Song Ruixiang Jin Jipeng [zh] Tian Chengping
Preceded by	Zhao Haifeng
Succeeded by	Tian Chengping
Personal details
Born	March 1932 Tong County, Hebei, China
Died	19 May 2011(2011-05-19) (aged 79) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Beijing Petroleum Institute North China People's Revolutionary University [zh]

Yin Kesheng (Chinese: 尹克升; pinyin: Yǐn Kèshēng; March 1932 – 19 May 2011) was a Chinese politician who served as Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai from 1985 to 1997.

He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.

Biography

Yin was born in Tong County, Hebei (now Tongzhou District, Beijing), in March 1932. He graduated from North China People's Revolutionary University [zh] and Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China University of Petroleum).^[1]

He entered the workforce in March 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1953. In 1956, he was assigned to the Qinghai Provincial Petroleum Bureau, and eventually becoming its director in 1979. In February 1983, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. Two months later, he was appointed vice governor of Qinghai. In July 1985, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the province, and held that office until March 1997.^[1]

He became deputy secretary of the Work Committee of Departments under the CCP Central Committee [zh] in February 1997, and served until April 1998. In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.^[2][3]

On 19 May 2011, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 79.^[1]

References

1. 尹克升同志逝世. sina (in Chinese). 5 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
2. Han Taihua (韩泰华), ed. (1999). 新中国50年 [50 Years of New China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Red Flag Publishing House. p. 897. ISBN 7-5051-0423-3.
3. Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.

Party political offices
Preceded by Zhao Haifeng	Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai 1985–1997	Succeeded by Tian Chengping