YE XUANPING
Governor of Guangdong.
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Ye is the son of the former veteran revolutionary marshal
Ye Jianying. He is a native of Guangdong, born in 1924.
He trained in the Soviet Union as a machinery specialist
and later worked in factories and government departments
in Peking and Shenyang. He became Vice-Governor of
Guangdong in 1979 with responsibilities which included
energy, science and technology.
He has therefore been
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closely involved with the Daya Bay nuclear power station.
project. He visited France and the United Kingdom in
1982 as deputy leader of a nuclear power delegation.
was appointed as Mayor of Canton in 1983 and promoted to
Provincial Governor last year. An urbane and even
charming man, he can speak intelligently about Western
arts. He wears a hearing aid.
APPROXIMATE PRONUNCIATION
Ye: pronounce Yeah to rhyme with care
Xuan: pronounce shuen to rhyme with pen
Ping: pronounce Ping to rhyme with fling
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