{{Short description|Chinese politician (born 1952)}} {{Family name hatnote|[[He (surname)|He]]|lang=Chinese}} [[File:He Yiting.jpg|thumb|He Yiting]] '''He Yiting''' ({{zh|c=何毅亭}}; born 1952) is a Chinese [[ideology of the Chinese Communist Party|ideologist]] and politician. Since 2013, He has served as the executive vice president of the [[Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Party School]] (rank equivalent of minister), the top ideological indoctrination institution of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP).
==Career== Born in [[Hanzhong]], [[Shaanxi]] province, in 1952, He was a [[sent-down youth]] during the [[Cultural Revolution]] and later worked as a factory worker. After the resumption of the [[Gaokao|National College Entrance Exams]], He was admitted to [[Beijing Normal University]]. In 1985 He earned a bachelor's, then a master's degree in history. In 1986 he began working in an administrative position for the [[General Office of the Chinese Communist Party|General Office of the CCP]]. By 1989, he became a leader on the party-building focus group of the [[Central Policy Research Office]].
In June 2000, He was named deputy chief of the Policy Research Office, a role in which he served until 2013. He has served on two Central Leading Groups, including the Leading Group on Educating Party Members on Modern Demands, and the Leading Group for the Pilot Programs of the Deepening the Study of the [[Scientific Development Concept]]. In September 2013, he was named executive vice president of the CCP Central Party School, presiding over day-to-day operations of the institution.<ref>{{cite web|title=何毅亭出任中央党校常务副校长(图)|url=http://finance.ifeng.com/a/20130929/10781962_0.shtml|publisher=凤凰网|language=Chinese|access-date=2013-09-29}}</ref>
He is a member of the [[18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|18th Central Committee of the CCP]]. He was a delegate to the 17th and 18th [[National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|National Congresses of the CCP]].
==Views== On June 15, 2020, on the birthday of [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] [[Xi Jinping]], He published an article saying that [[Xi Jinping Thought|Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era]] is the equivalent of [[Marxism]] in the 21st century. He claimed that China's development under Xi's leadership has "transcended national and geographic boundaries" with "global historical significance."<ref>{{cite web|title=A Birthday Gift for Xi?|url=https://chinamediaproject.org/2020/06/25/a-birthday-gift-for-xi/|publisher=The China Media Project|department=[[Journalism and Media Studies Centre]]|agency=[[University of Hong Kong]]|date=2020-06-25|access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref>
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