Wang Yang
Age: 54
Guangdong Party Boss
It's one of the toughest jobs in Chinese politics. Wang is overseeing the economic transformation of China's once-proud export powerhouse Guangdong province. With China's trade expected to fall 20% this year, the native of neighboring Anhui province has launched ambitious reforms intended to rebalance the southern province's economy away from exports and toward a more sustainable, consumption-driven, innovative, and cleaner economy.
