Xiao Yi (born 1962)

For other people named Xiao Yi, see Xiao Yi.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiao.

Xiao Yi
肖毅
Vice Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office January 2018 – May 2021
Chairman	Yao Zengke
Communist Party Secretary of Fuzhou
In office April 2015 – March 2021
Preceded by	Gong Jianhua
Succeeded by	Zhang Hongxing
Director of the Beijing Office of Jiangxi Provincial Government
In office July 2007 – April 2015
Succeeded by	Jiang Zhiying
Communist Party Secretary of Ruijin
In office January 2001 – November 2006
Mayor of Ruijin
In office June 1996 – January 2001
Personal details
Born	May 1962 (age 61) Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1984–2021; expelled)
Alma mater	Gannan Normal University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

Xiao Yi (Chinese: 肖毅; pinyin: Xiāo Yì; born May 1962) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in his home-province Jiangxi. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in May 2021. Previously he served as vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He entered the workforce in September 1981, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1984. He was a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 11th National People's Congress.

Career

Xiao was born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, in May 1962. After the resumption of college entrance examination in 1978, he entered Gannan Normal College (now Gannan Normal University), where he majored in Chinese. After graduating in 1981, he became a teacher.

After a short period of teaching middle school students at Chongyi Middle School, he entered politics in Chongyi County. In October 1992 he was promoted to become deputy magistrate of Shanghang County. In March 1995 he was promoted again to become deputy party chief. He was deputy party chief of Longnan County in January 1996, but having held the position for only five months. In 1996, after Ruijin was upgraded to a county-level city, he became the first mayor, concurrently holding the deputy party chief position. In January 2001, he was elevated to party chief, the top political position in the city. He concurrently served as vice mayor of Ganzhou since June 2003. He served as deputy director of the Beijing Office of Jiangxi Provincial Government in November 2006, and one year later promoted to the director position. In April 2015, he was transferred to Fuzhou and appointed party chief. In January 2018, he rose to become vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Downfall

On May 10, 2021, he was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. On November 12, he was expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from public office.