Jiang Yaoping

Jiang Yaoping was born in September 1952 in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1974. He graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Guangxi University for Nationalities in 1976, obtained a master's degree in Information Management from the Norwegian School of Management in December 1999, and earned a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in November 2005.^[2]

He held various leadership roles in telecommunications, including deputy director and Director of the Nanning Municipal Telecommunications Bureau, and deputy director and Director of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Postal and Telecommunications Administration. In May 2000, Jiang was appointed Director of the Computer Network and Security Management Office under the National Informatization Leading Group. In July 2002, he became Director-General of the Policy and Regulation Department of the Ministry of Information Industry.^[3] In April 2004, he was promoted to Vice Minister and Party Leadership Group member of the Ministry of Information Industry.^[3][4]

From April 2008 to June 2013, Jiang served as Vice Minister of Commerce. In April 2013, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).^[5][6]