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Yu Yanhong, former director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was officially reported to have voluntarily surrendered and underwent disciplinary review and supervisory investigation two days after being removed from the CPPCC. The outside world also paid attention to the Guangdong medical system and its connection with Ma Xingrui’s tenure.
Two days after Yu Yanhong, former director of China’s State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was canceled as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chinese officials announced on the 6th that he “voluntarily surrendered.” Authorities have not announced the reason for his arrest. In recent years, several senior officials of Southern Medical University, where Yu Yanhong worked for many years, have been investigated. Additionally, he briefly served as deputy governor of Guangdong before joining Beijing. The governor at that time was a former governor who had been dismissed.Communist Party of China Ma Xingrui, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
According to the website of China’s Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission on the 6th, Yu Yanhong, a former member of the Party Leadership Group of the China National Health Commission and former Party Secretary and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws. She voluntarily surrendered and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission.
Yu Yanhong was born in October 1962. He has a doctorate degree. He worked at Southern Medical University for several years in his early years. He served as subject director, professor, chief physician, doctoral supervisor, and vice president of Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital (formerly the First Affiliated Hospital of the First Military Medical University); Vice President and President of Southern Medical University, etc.
Yu Yanhong also served as deputy governor of Guangdong Province for half a year in 2018, and then went to Beijing to take over as member of the Party Leadership Group of the China National Health Commission, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, and deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2023, he served as secretary of the Party leadership group and director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine until his resignation in late February this year.
Star Media Lianhe Zaobao reported that Yu Yanhong has been engaged in obstetrics and gynecology medicine, teaching and research for 25 years. He is a renowned expert in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in China. He is also a national candidate for China’s “New Century National Hundred and Thousands Talents Project” and receives special allowances from the State Council of China.
Chinese authorities have not yet announced the reasons for investigating Yu Yanhong, but his old unit, the aforementioned Southern Medical University, according to the “Integrity Outlook” sponsored by Sichuan Daily Newspaper Group, some analysts believe that the investigation of several leaders of Southern Medical University in recent years may be related to anti-corruption in the Guangdong provincial health system and anti-corruption in the medical field.
In addition, before Yu Yanhong came to Beijing, he had served as the deputy governor of Guangdong for a period of time. The then governor of Guangdong was Ma Xingrui. On November 5, the Supreme Procuratorate of China reported that Ma Xingrui’s suspected bribery case was transferred to the Procuratorate for review and prosecution after the investigation by the National Supervisory Commission was completed.
Yu Yanhong served as deputy governor of Guangdong for only half a year before moving north to Beijing to take up a new post, serving as a member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Health Commission, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, and deputy director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2023, he served as Party Secretary and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China until February this year.
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Authorities said he was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and had voluntarily surrendered. She is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the National Supervisory Commission. Relevant reasons for the investigation have not been announced.
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He has served as Vice President and President at Southern Medical University for a long time. In 2018, she briefly served as deputy governor of Guangdong, and then moved north to hold important positions in the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Since several senior officials at Southern Medical University, where Yu Yanhong worked for many years, have been investigated in recent years, the external analysis may be related to the continued progress in anti-corruption in the Guangdong health care system and reforms in the pharmaceutical sector.
