Background
Lou Yangsheng was born in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, in 1959.
楼阳生
politician master Party Secretary
Lou Yangsheng was born in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, in 1959.
He attended Zhejiang Normal University and joined the Communist Party of China during his time at the university.
Lou spent most of his career in Zhejiang province and also served briefly in Hunan and Hainan. During the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a sent-down youth in rural areas near his hometown. In March 1979, Lou was one of the first batch of students admitted to university after the restoration of the Gaokao exams under Deng Xiaoping.
He then worked as a middle school teacher in Longyou County.
In 1984, Lou became the Communist Youth League secretary of county, beginning his political career. Then he was elevated to CYL leader of Quzhou, then CYL leader of Zhejiang province.
In June 1997, he earned an Master"s Business Administration (Master of Business Administration) from Zhejiang University. In 1999, he began a short term as a visiting scholar at University of Houston in the United States.
In November 1999, he left the CYL system to become mayor of Jinhua, then party chief the city of Lishui.
During his terms in Jinhua and Lishui, Lou worked under the direction of then-Zhejiang party chief Xi Jinping. In 2012 he was transferred again, this time to Hubei, to serve on the standing committee there and also as head of the provincial organization department. Lou is seen as a likely candidate for further promotion.
Lou spent most of his political career in Zhejiang. He rose quickly in the Communist Youth League system, through "acid tests" in Longyou County in the local party organization there. In January 2008, he became vice chair of the People"s Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang and the head of the province"s United Front Department.
In January 2009, Lou left Zhejiang to become a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee of Hainan and the province"s party organization department head In February 2010 he became concurrently the secretary of the Education Work Commission of the province. After the Shanxi "political earthquake" of 2014 which led to the demise of many top officials in the province, Lou was transferred to Shanxi province to become deputy party chief
He replaced Jin Daoming, who was dismissed due to corruption.
As such Lou has been named by political observers as a member of the "New Zhijiang Army", politicians who once worked under Xi and share his governing philosophies.
