https://www.scmp.com/rss/157065/feed Born in 1945, Zhejiang native Yu Zhengsheng graduated from Harbin's Military Engineering Institute specializing in the design of automated missiles. Yu was mayor of Qingdao and Yantai in his early political career.  His brother Yu Qiangsheng defected to the US in 1985, dealing a heavy blow to Yu's political career. Yu became Minister of Construction in 1998, became a Politburo member in 2002, and Shanghai party chief in 2007.  He was promoted to the Communist Party's top body, the 7-member... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Orange Wang,Holly Chik Orange Wang,Holly Chik Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a wreath to the funeral on Friday of Chen-ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist who died in Beijing last Saturday at the age of 103. Cai Qi, the president’s chief of staff, was also among the Communist Party dignitaries to offer floral tributes for the ceremony at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing, where many of the country’s leaders are interred. The farewell ceremony began at around 9am, with the late professor draped in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:29:50 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for “every effort” to maintain overall social stability in Xinjiang and the Sinicisation of religions by promoting cultural integration in the far western region. Xi delivered his remarks after he listened to work reports from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Communist Party committee and government, according to state news agency Xinhua. The Chinese leader arrived in Xinjiang on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the autonomous region’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326729/xi-jinping-visit-xinjiang-calls-every-effort-achieve-social-stability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326729/xi-jinping-visit-xinjiang-calls-every-effort-achieve-social-stability?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:19:21 +0000 Alcott Wei,William Zheng Alcott Wei,William Zheng China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Urumqi to mark the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to state media reports, making him the first national leader to be present for such a landmark celebration. Xi arrived in the regional capital on Tuesday afternoon, along with two members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the top Communist Party body, state news agency Xinhua reported. Accompanying Xi are Wang Huning, China’s fourth-ranking official and chairman... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326573/xi-jinping-first-chinese-president-attend-xinjiang-regions-anniversary-celebration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326573/xi-jinping-first-chinese-president-attend-xinjiang-regions-anniversary-celebration?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:29:31 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang China’s top political adviser has stressed the Communist Party’s “strong leadership” in a speech reviewing decades of achievements to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region. Wang Huning, also China’s No 4 official, said that since the 18th party congress in 2012, under President Xi Jinping’s guidance and comprehensive plan, “Tibet has entered its best period of development, experiencing the greatest changes and bringing the most tangible benefits to people of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322602/chinas-top-political-adviser-hails-partys-leadership-tibet-60th-anniversary-speech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322602/chinas-top-political-adviser-hails-partys-leadership-tibet-60th-anniversary-speech?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:34:37 +0000 Willa Wu Willa Wu China’s No 4 politician was among senior Beijing officials and other heavyweights who sent wreaths to the wake for Hong Kong tobacco and media tycoon Charles Ho Tsu-kwok. State-run Xinhua called Ho a patriotic businessman and “an intimate friend” of the Communist Party of China in an article published on Saturday night. “Ho played an important role in Hong Kong’s smooth transition, successful handover and maintenance of prosperity and stability. He supported the nation’s reform and opening-up... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3316233/chinas-no-4-official-joins-mourning-death-hong-kong-tycoon-charles-ho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3316233/chinas-no-4-official-joins-mourning-death-hong-kong-tycoon-charles-ho?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:26:36 +0000 The chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Yu Zhengsheng, has been put in charge of ethnic and religious issues in the troubled Xinjiang and Tibet autonomous regions, giving him more clout than his predecessors. The online version of Beijing-based Caijing magazine said Yu was recently made head of the party's central leading small groups on Xinjiang and Tibet affairs. He is also deputy chief of the top party group overseeing Taiwan affairs, under party general... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252832/cppcc-chair-heads-xinjiang-tibet-affairs-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1252832/cppcc-chair-heads-xinjiang-tibet-affairs-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A state leader warned yesterday that Hong Kong has become "politicised" over many issues, and that it's hurting the city economically and socially. Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, was addressing 28 key members of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. The delegation is on a two-day visit to the capital. In a statement issued by the chamber, Yu was quoted as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237185/warning-over-city-becoming-politicised?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1237185/warning-over-city-becoming-politicised?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Strong reasons for screening of candidates I refer to the report ("Expert accused of twisting facts on voting rights", April 1). Maria Tam Wai-chu may have had a momentary slip of the mind when she said that Article 25(b) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights did not cover the right to stand for election. But she did say that it was the Basic Law, and not the covenant, that governed what must be done at the 2017 election of the chief executive by universal suffrage, because... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1210285/letters-editor-april-9-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1210285/letters-editor-april-9-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Playing the role of Beijing's messenger is probably one of the trickiest tasks that Hong Kong politicians face. As mainland officials rarely comment publicly on the city's issues under the "one country, two systems" principle, the central government's messages to the administration are often delivered behind closed doors. As a result, the media has to rely heavily on the messenger - usually a pro-establishment figure - to shed light on Beijing's views on Hong Kong matters. But sometimes, like in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1204178/citys-politicians-play-tough-game-pass-message?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1204178/citys-politicians-play-tough-game-pass-message?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Reading between the lines was a technique Western analysts used to find out what the Soviet Union was really up to during the Cold War when there was a dearth of reliable information. The analysts paid attention to the tiniest and most obscure of indications - such as the positions of Communist Party officials at parades in Moscow's Red Square and the arrangement of stories on the party newspaper's pages - to understand what was going on in Soviet politics. Although it has been more than 20... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1193136/message-within-cppcc-chairmans-remarks-bears-reminder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1193136/message-within-cppcc-chairmans-remarks-bears-reminder?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 We need to more strictly follow the socialist path of political development with Chinese characteristics New CPPCC chief Yu Zhengsheng   Any time you adopt a groundbreaking policy, special interests will sue. That's America New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after a court blocked a ban on large sodas   I don't care what some kids think, it's society's consensus Beijing-loyalist educator Wong Kwan-yu on protests against national education https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1189424/who-said-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1189424/who-said-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 China's new top political adviser has urged members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to reject "impetuous and extremist attitudes" in political ideas and said the ruling Communist Party would explore its own political path and shun reform based on Western models. Yu Zhengsheng , who was elected CPPCC chairman on Monday, also called on his colleagues yesterday to reject "extravagance and not to be engaged in any deeds that use their power and influence to seek personal... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1189149/western-style-reform-not-agenda-says-cppcc-chief-yu-zhengsheng?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1189149/western-style-reform-not-agenda-says-cppcc-chief-yu-zhengsheng?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:31:44 +0000 A senior Chinese politician whose brother defected to the US in a major spy scandal was on Monday elected as chairman of the country’s highest-profile advisory organisation, state media reported. Yu Zhengsheng, who ranks as number four in the Communist Party’s ruling seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, was made head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the official Xinhua news agency said. He is regarded as one of the party’s “princelings” but has had to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1188837/defectors-brother-yu-zhengsheng-made-chairman-cppcc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1188837/defectors-brother-yu-zhengsheng-made-chairman-cppcc?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:01:43 +0000 Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, recently denounced Hong Kong activists who waved colonial flags during protests, and warned that "opposition" and "centrifugal forces" would not be allowed to rule the city after universal suffrage was introduced. This was followed by Zhang Dejiang, another Politburo member, reminding Hongkongers of the importance of safeguarding national security. The central government is rightly worried by the waving of colonial flags, but for the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1188539/flagging-fears-over-threat-hong-kongs-autonomy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1188539/flagging-fears-over-threat-hong-kongs-autonomy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The city's activists say comments by a state leader who denounced them for waving colonial flags infringed their freedom of speech and could stir further conflict. Hong Kong Autonomy Movement spokesman Vincent Lau hit back yesterday after Yu Zhengsheng , a Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member, was quoted as saying that "the Chinese people will not accept some Hongkongers waving the colonial flag". "The Basic Law guarantees all Hongkongers the freedom of speech and expression", Lau... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1185895/activists-hit-back-against-beijing-leaders-comments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1185895/activists-hit-back-against-beijing-leaders-comments?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 For some in Hong Kong, the truth can be hard to swallow. State officials have several times over the past week reiterated a long-standing dictum that whoever leads our city has to be able to work with Beijing. Their comments have rekindled a debate that raged nine years ago over patriotism and the criteria for choosing our chief executive and lawmakers. There is nothing untoward about the statements; they are simply reminding us of a reality that can be easily ignored in the heat of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1185770/patriotic-appeal-states-obvious?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1185770/patriotic-appeal-states-obvious?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A state leader yesterday denounced Hong Kong activists who waved colonial flags during recent protests and warned that "opposition" and "centrifugal forces" would not be allowed to rule the city after universal suffrage was introduced. Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee - and tipped to be the next chairman of the nation's top advisory body - is the first high-level mainland official to address controversies involving Hong Kong. In a closed meeting with... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1184437/displays-hong-kongs-colonial-flag-offend-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1184437/displays-hong-kongs-colonial-flag-offend-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference starting next week will not only formalise the transition of power to the fifth generation of leaders, but decide who will be filling most vacancies among leading officials. The changes at the very top have long been known: Xi Jinping who replaced Hu Jintao as party chief in November, will formally take over as president, while Li Keqiang will succeed Wen Jiabao as premier and form a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157718/naming-new-leading-officials-will-complete-transition-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157718/naming-new-leading-officials-will-complete-transition-power?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Robin Li, Baidu chairman and the mainland's third-richest man, and Yu Zhengsheng, No 4 in the Communist Party hierarchy, were named to the country's top political advisory body yesterday as a new generation of leaders prepares for power. Yu, the former Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, is in line to be named chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. This comes after he was the only member of the Politburo's seven-man Standing Committee to be appointed one of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1142205/baidu-chief-robin-li-among-rich-and-famous-taking-their-place-top-table?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1142205/baidu-chief-robin-li-among-rich-and-famous-taking-their-place-top-table?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 New man at the top Xi Jinping an enigma Who is Xi Jinping? Although he has finally risen to the supreme office in the world's most populous nation and second-largest economic power, Xi Jinping remains an enigmatic cipher - even to many of his fellow Communist Party apparatchiks. Since his succession was set five years ago, the state media has gone out of its way to paint Xi in a favourable light. He is often depicted as a mature, competent and popular statesman, one meticulously groomed over... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083397/seven-men-who-rule-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083397/seven-men-who-rule-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Pledges for more transparency by top Chinese Communist officials made after high-profile graft cases have been met with scepticism that corrupt leaders can come clean over their assets. Wang Yang, the top Communist official in the southern province of Guangdong, and Yu Zhengsheng, the party boss of Shanghai, both said on Friday that Chinese officials would begin releasing details of their assets in the future. “I believe that Chinese officials will gradually make assets public in line with... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1079980/transparency-calls-china-congress-face-tough-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1079980/transparency-calls-china-congress-face-tough-road?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:49:49 +0000 Shanghai party chief Yu Zhengsheng laid on the charm yesterday as he made surprisingly candid remarks about an otherwise taboo topic: the disclosure of personal assets for public scrutiny. Yu, who is widely tipped to ascend to the supreme Politburo Standing Committee next week, said he was willing to reveal his assets because he had nothing to fear. "It's pretty easy for me to make public my personal assets once the central government decides to move ahead [on the issue]," he said. "Because I... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1079024/shanghai-party-boss-yu-zhengsheng-open-assets-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1079024/shanghai-party-boss-yu-zhengsheng-open-assets-scrutiny?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Shanghai civil servants have their fingers crossed in anticipation that they could finally get a pay rise if municipal party boss Yu Zhengsheng moves on after a possible promotion at the Communist Party's upcoming 18th national congress. The city's 100,000 civil servants have not seen a salary increase since Yu took the reins from president-to-be Xi Jinping in October 2007. The recent austerity is in stark contrast to the more generous days of Chen Liangyu, before he was shown the door amid... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1065216/shanghai-civil-servants-hope-pay-rise-if-party-chief-yu-zhengsheng-moves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1065216/shanghai-civil-servants-hope-pay-rise-if-party-chief-yu-zhengsheng-moves?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Born in 1945, Zhejiang native Yu Zhengsheng graduated from Harbin's Military Engineering Institute specializing in the design of automated missiles. Yu was mayor of Qingdao and Yantai in his early political career.  His brother Yu Qiangsheng defected to the US in 1985, dealing a heavy blow to Yu's political career. Yu became Minister of Construction in 1998, became a Politburo member in 2002, and Shanghai party chief in 2007.  He was promoted to the Communist Party's top body, the 7-member... https://www.scmp.com/news/18th-party-congress/article/1053124/yu-zhengsheng?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/18th-party-congress/article/1053124/yu-zhengsheng?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:13:08 +0000 Shanghai party chief Yu Zhengsheng, a "princeling" tipped for promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee at the 18th party congress, has a knack for using both the carrot and the stick. The 67-year-old Yu, one of the Politburo's most senior members, has developed good political judgment after enduring many political crises, including his survival during the Cultural Revolution despite his blue-blood background. The September 1 edition of the party's political journal Qiushi, or Seeking Truth,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1031954/shanghai-chief-yu-zhengshengs-well-prepared-join-party-elite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1031954/shanghai-chief-yu-zhengshengs-well-prepared-join-party-elite?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Yu Zhengsheng was re-elected Shanghai party boss yesterday - a move that reaffirms his potential to join the country's highest ruling body - as he highlighted the city's role in national reforms. The 67-year-old Yu, a princeling who has been on the Politburo for 10 years, stands an even greater chance of rising to the supreme nine-member Standing Committee after his selection by Shanghai's party leadership. The city's party committee also named Vice-President Xi Jinping as its delegate to the... https://www.scmp.com/article/1001729/yu-returned-shanghai-party-chief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1001729/yu-returned-shanghai-party-chief?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The People's Daily has heaped lavish praise on Shanghai's steady development under the city's party boss, Yu Zhengsheng - praise that political analysts see as a boost for the princeling's chances of being promoted in the autumn leadership shake-up. The front-page splash of the Communist Party mouthpiece yesterday - an obvious endorsement of Yu's political achievements in the mainland's financial hub since he took over the post from predecessor Xi Jinping shortly after the last National Party... https://www.scmp.com/article/997507/high-praise-shanghai-party-boss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/997507/high-praise-shanghai-party-boss?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 When the Shanghai party chief wrote back to the relative of a cancer patient via online microblog this week it was seen as the latest example of Communist Party officials using social media to garner support, boost popularity and polish their image. On Monday, secondary school teacher Qin Ling posted on his microblog an article titled: 'An open letter to Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng from the relative of a terminal cancer patient.' The article, about Qin's struggle in seeking medical... https://www.scmp.com/article/994213/party-chief-shows-common-touch-microblog?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/994213/party-chief-shows-common-touch-microblog?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Shanghai's top party official told former US president Jimmy Carter that his country's 2010 World Expo pavilion could be turned into 'a restaurant, or better yet, a McDonald's' if the Americans failed to get their exhibit together in time for the fair, leaked diplomatic cables show. The uncharacteristically undiplomatic comments by Yu Zhengsheng, Shanghai's Communist Party secretary, highlight the level of concern the city's officials had about the US dragging its feet over taking part in the... https://www.scmp.com/article/979070/fast-food-jibe-revealed-over-us-pavilion-expo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/979070/fast-food-jibe-revealed-over-us-pavilion-expo?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Shanghai party boss Yu Zhengsheng has said he accepts 'independent candidates' who support communist rule, but warned them not to immerse themselves in Western-style democracy. Yu (pictured), a member of the Politburo and a contender for a seat on the Politburo Standing Committee at next year's 18th party congress, made the comments in a rare, high-profile lecture to 5,000 student party members at Shanghai's Jiaotong University ahead of next week's 90th anniversary of the Communist Party.... https://www.scmp.com/article/971632/top-cadre-warns-political-casino?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/971632/top-cadre-warns-political-casino?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000 More reshuffles in Shanghai's inner circle of power are to be announced soon as Beijing pushes forward in its methodical campaign to clean house in the country's corruption-smeared financial hub, sources said. Morale among senior cadres and party officials in the city was at 'low ebb', a source close to the situation said, because they feared Shanghai was losing its long-enjoyed privilege as a largely self-governed kingdom, with enormous freedom in appointing its senior staff, when Jiang Zemin ... https://www.scmp.com/article/621083/clean-sweep-shanghai-cadres-continues-morale-sinks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/621083/clean-sweep-shanghai-cadres-continues-morale-sinks?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Shanghai's new party secretary pledged yesterday that the city would work closely with other regions such as Zhejiang , Jiangsu , Hong Kong and Macau despite it being too early to map out the specifics of the next steps. Yu Zhengsheng , the former party secretary of Hubei province who was appointed Shanghai party boss a week ago, made the remark during his first meeting with overseas media since taking on his new post. The meeting yesterday was Mr Yu's second public appearance since his... https://www.scmp.com/article/614191/new-shanghai-chief-work-regions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/614191/new-shanghai-chief-work-regions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:00:00 +0000 For the second time in under a year, an outsider with a privileged background will run the mainland's commercial capital, with the appointment of 62-year-old Yu Zhengsheng as Shanghai's Communist Party Secretary. Xinhua announced the appointment yesterday, quoting a statement from the party's Central Committee. Mr Yu, previously the party chief of Hubei province, replaces Xi Jinping, who spent only seven months as Shanghai's top leader before joining the powerful Politburo Standing Committee... https://www.scmp.com/article/613313/new-shanghai-party-chief-named?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/613313/new-shanghai-party-chief-named?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 As one of the rising stars of the Chinese Communist Party, Hubei party chief Yu Zhengsheng has defied his patrician roots to scale communist political heights. Mr Yu, 62, was born into an aristocratic family in Shaoxing , Zhejiang province , and many of his ancestors occupied official posts during the late Qing Dynasty and the Kuomintang regime. But other family members had a party pedigree. Mr Yu's father, Yu Qiwei , also known as Huang Jing , was at one point married to Mao Zedong's ... https://www.scmp.com/article/612613/yu-zhengsheng-party-man-patrician-roots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/612613/yu-zhengsheng-party-man-patrician-roots?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 More than half of China's construction projects might be faulty because developers failed to adhere to industry standards, Minister of Construction Yu Zhengsheng said. Mr Yu presided over a video conference on Tuesday in Beijing in which construction officials discussed the alarming number of substandard buildings on the mainland. The minister said he was deeply concerned about the lack of quality control and the licensing abuses that exist in the industry. Mr Yu said last week that between 60... https://www.scmp.com/article/363049/minister-blames-dangerous-shoddiness-lack-quality-control-and-licensing-abuses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/363049/minister-blames-dangerous-shoddiness-lack-quality-control-and-licensing-abuses?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Nov 2001 16:00:00 +0000 Unrestrained development must not be allowed to sacrifice strategic long-term city planning, Minister of Construction Yu Zhengsheng has warned. He said China would commit an irreversible mistake if rampant building was allowed to ruin city landscapes and their cultural and historical values, Xinhua reported. An international conference hall would be admirable, but not as desirable, if it was built in an ancient village which should have come under a preservation order, Mr Yu told a Beijing... https://www.scmp.com/article/239228/warning-urban-sprawl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/239228/warning-urban-sprawl?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 May 1998 16:00:00 +0000 THE amount of money invested in property is to rise by 10 per cent over last year, says newly appointed Minister of Construction Yu Zhengsheng. Economic growth of the country was projected at eight per cent this year and construction expenditure would contribute 0.5 to one per cent of that, Xinhua yesterday quoted the minister as saying. Controlling about 35 million building workers in the country, the Ministry of Construction was responsible for providing adequate housing and... https://www.scmp.com/article/236760/new-broom-prepares-revamp-housing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/236760/new-broom-prepares-revamp-housing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Apr 1998 16:00:00 +0000 Yu Zhengsheng will be one of the Cabinet members Zhu Rongji relies on to create economic growth. The Minister of Construction has been appointed to promote private housing sales. In the mid-1980s, while mayor of Yantai in Shandong, Mr Yu made a name for himself by successfully implementing the nation's first housing commercialisation programme. His achievement caught the eye of leaders in Beijing and received widespread publicity. When the party held its 14th Party Congress in 1992,... https://www.scmp.com/article/234127/key-housing-task-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/234127/key-housing-task-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:00:00 +0000