Yao Gang

Yao Gang (; born May 1962) is a Chinese executive who served as one of four vice-chairmen at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China's top security regulator. He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in November 2015, after a stock market rout rocked global markets. Yao's downfall marked the widened government crackdown on corruption in the financial industry. Zhang Yujun , former assistant chairman of the CSRC, was placed under investigation in the end of 2015.

Yao is the highest-ranked securities official from the financial industry under investigation since General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping started his ongoing anti-corruption drive when he took power in the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

On September 28, 2018, Yao was sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined 11 million yuan for taking bribes worth 69.61 million yuan and illegally making 2.1 million yuan of gains from insider trading by the Intermediate People's Court in Handan.