Jiang Yanyong

Chinese physician (SARS)

Jiang Yanyong (born October 4, 1931) was a Chinese physician who publicized a coverup of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Mainland China.

Born into the Zhejiang Xingye Bank family, Jiang was the chief physician of the 301 Hospital in Beijing and a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party.Jiang has been under periodic house arrest due to his role in exposing the coverup of SARS outbreak and calls for the Government of China to bear responsibility.

According to a report in The New York Times, Jiang is portrayed as a bad role model in Chinese educational material, for "harming the interests of the nation".