Yin Kesheng

Yin Kesheng (; March 1932 – 19 May 2011) was a Chinese politician who served as Party Secretary of Qinghai from 1985 to 1997.

He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.

Biography Yin was born in Tong County, Hebei (now Tongzhou District, Beijing), in March 1932. He graduated from and Beijing Petroleum Institute (now China University of Petroleum).

He entered the workforce in March 1949, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1953. In 1956, he was assigned to the Qinghai Provincial Petroleum Bureau, and eventually becoming its director in 1979. In February 1983, he was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. Two months later, he was appointed vice governor of Qinghai. In July 1985, he was promoted to party secretary, the top political position in the province, and held that office until March 1997.

On 19 May 2011, he died from an illness in Beijing, at the age of 79.