DEPUTY MAYOR AND ACTING MAYOR OF BEIJING
Yin Yong was appointed deputy mayor and acting mayor of Beijing Municipality on October 28.
Born in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in 1969, Yin graduated from Tsinghua University, majoring in systems engineering. He got his first job in 1997, and once served at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. In 2015, he became deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank. Three years later, he took up the post of deputy mayor in the Beijing Municipal Government.
Yin’s recent appointment came during the 44th Session of the Standing Committee of the 15th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, the local legislature.
