Yang Qian, female, Han nationality, is a native of Tianjin. She was born in 1944, and graduated from the Chinese department of Tianjin Normal Institute. She began her career as an educator and subsequently served two terms as vice-mayor of Langfang city. In 1995 Yang served as vice-governor of Hebei province. She was a vice-chairman of the CPPCC Hebei Provincial Committee.