Neyim Yasin

Neyim Yasin was born in Turpan, Xinjiang, in November 1952. In 1972, he entered Ürümqi First Normal School and studied for a year. After graduating, he became a teacher in a township of Ürümqi. In 1975, he enrolled at Xinjiang University, majoring in political education.

Neyim Yasin worked in the United Front Work Department of Turpan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party after university in 1978, and eventually rose to become deputy head in January 1984. He was promoted to be deputy party secretary of Ürümqi in May 1985, concurrently holding the mayor position since February 1990. He became secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in December 1991, and served until May 1994, when he was appointed director of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tourism Administration. In January 2006, he was transferred back to Ürümqi Municipal People's Government and served again as mayor. In January 2008, he became vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and held that office until January 2012, when he was made president of Higher People's Court of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.[1] In January 2015, he was elevated to chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, succeeding Shohrat Zakir.[2][3] In March 2018, he took up the post of vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee.