Joined China 1966 in May.
1975 served as secretary, standing Committee member and office director of Gui Long commune in Qujiang county, Guangdong province.
198 1 served as secretary of Wujiang District Committee of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, and deputy secretary of Qingyuan District Committee.
1986 served as the chief procurator and party secretary of Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate.
1992 deputy attorney general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, deputy secretary of the party group and member of the procuratorial committee.
1993 minister of justice and party secretary.
1998 was elected president of the Supreme People's Court at the first meeting of the Ninth National People's Congress.
In 2008, he stepped down as President and Party Secretary of the Supreme People's Court.
On April 9th, 2065438, Xiao Yang died in Beijing at the age of 8 1.
Xiao Yang's character evaluation:
Comrade Xiao Yang's life is a life of struggle for the communist ideal, for the cause of reform and opening up, and for the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law. His death is a great loss for the party and the country, and it is also a great loss for the political and legal front. His revolutionary spirit, noble character and fine style are always worth learning.
We should turn grief into strength, unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and Do not forget your initiative mind, remember our mission, and work hard to win the Chinese dream of building a well-off society in an all-round way, winning the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (Xinhua News Agency)