Yang Rudai, Vice-Chairman of Ninth CPPCC National Committee

Yang, born in 1926, native of Renshou, Sichuan Province, jointed Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1952, received equivalent high-school education..

Did youth work and took charge of it, and joined a land reform team in native county, 1950-54, worked as deputy head of the Organizational Department of CPC Renshou County Committee, 1954-56, deputy secretary and secretary of CPC Renshou County Committee, 1956-76.

Promoted to the post of secretary of CPC Leshan Prefecture Committee in Sichuan, 1977-78, and served as vice-governor of Sichuan Province, member of the secretariat of CPC Sichuan provincial committee and executive secretary of the CPC provincial committee, 1978-83.

Stayed as Sichuan Provincial Party Secretary, 1983-87; and served as member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, 1987-92; and secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee, 1992-93.

He has been vice-chairman of CPPCC National Committee and member of the Party Group of CPPCC National Committee since 1993,

Yang was member of the 12th and 13th CPC Central Committees and member of the Political Bureau of the 13th CPC Central Committee.

Yang was elected vice-chairman of the Eighth CPPCC National Committee.