Yang Yongmao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Bayan, Heilongjiang Province. He was born in 1947, entered the work force in 1964, joined the CPC in 1965.
Yang spent much of this career in Party leadership roles in Heilongjiang Province. In 1997, he became secretary-general of the CPC Heilongjiang Province Committee. Later he became a member of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Standing Committee in 1998. He was Deputy Secretary of CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee from 2003 to 2007, Vice-Chairman of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee from 2008 to 2010.
Yang was an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is currently a Member of the 11th NPC Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee.