Education
Born in Rushan, Shandong, Yan graduated from the Shandong Agriculture Mechanical College (now part of Shandong University of Technology).
焉荣竹
mayor politician Secretary of Jinan
Born in Rushan, Shandong, Yan graduated from the Shandong Agriculture Mechanical College (now part of Shandong University of Technology).
He joined the Communist Party in September 1971. He served as Rizhao"s mayor between 1998 and 2001, before going to Yantai. He also briefly served between 2006 and 2007 as the head of the provincial propaganda department in Shandong.
In October 2010, he was elevated from alternate to full member.
In February 2012, after reaching the retirement age of 60, he was given the largely ceremonial role of Vice Chairman of the Shandong People"s Political Consultative Conference.
He began his political career in Weihai, then became vice mayor, mayor, and deputy party chief of Rizhao.
He was a member of the provincial Party Standing Committee of Shandong. Yan was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.