{{Short description|Chinese diplomat (born 1958)}} {{Family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office1 = Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea | term_start1 = January 2017 | term_end1 = February 2020 | predecessor1 = Qiu Xuejun | successor1 = {{ill|Cai Ge|zh|蔡革}} | office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Suriname | term_start2 = March 2013 | term_end2 = April 2016 | predecessor2 = {{ill|Yuan Nansheng|zh|袁南生}} | successor2 = {{ill|Zhang Jinxiong|zh|张晋雄}} | name = Yang Zigang | native_name = 杨子刚 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958|09}} | birth_place = Henan, China | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age||df=yes}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = Chinese Communist Party | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | alma_mater = | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | s = {{linktext|杨|子|刚}} | t = {{linktext|楊|子|剛}} | p = Yáng Zǐgāng }} }} '''Yang Zigang''' ({{zh|s=杨子刚}}; born September 1958) is a Chinese diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassador to Suriname from 2013 to 2016 and Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea from 2017 to 2020.
==Early life and education== Yang was born in Henan in September 1958.
==Career== He joined the Foreign Service in 1975 and has served primarily in the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, where he was promoted to deputy director in 1999. He was deputy special representative of The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R. in 2007 and subsequently envoy to the Embassy of China, Washington, D.C. in 2010. In March 2013, President Xi Jinping appointed him Chinese Ambassador to Suriname according to the decision of the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee, a post in which he served from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ambassador Yang Zigang Meets with Surinamese Permanent Representative to the UN |url=http://sr.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/sbgxyw/201506/t20150603_4233424.htm |access-date=15 February 2023 |work=china-embassy.gov.cn |date=3 June 2015}}</ref> In January 2017, he succeeded Qiu Xuejun as Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea, and held that office until February 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chinese envoy to Eritrea hails constructive bilateral ties |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/14/c_138471513.htm |access-date=15 February 2023 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=14 October 2019}}</ref>
== Award == * 8 April 2016 60px Palm Medal of Honor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sr.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/sbgxyw/201604/t20160409_4264889.htm|title=苏里南总统鲍特瑟向杨子刚大使授予"总统棕榈勋章"|date=2016-04-08|access-date=2023-02-15|work=china-embassy.gov.cn|archive-date=2022-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920195823/http://sr.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/sbgxyw/201604/t20160409_4264889.htm|language=zh}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Zigang}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People from Henan Category:Ambassadors of China to Eritrea Category:Ambassadors of China to Suriname