Introducing new lineup of key party bodies

Leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

XI JINPING

General Secretary of CPC Central Committee

Xi Jinping, born in June 1953, is a male ethnic Han from Fuping, Shaanxi Province. He entered the workforce in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1974. He graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University with a major in Marxist theory and ideological and political education, has an in-service postgraduate education and holds the degree of Doctor of Laws.

He is currently general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, vice president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), vice chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission, and president of the Central Party School.

1969-1975 Educated youth and Party Branch secretary, Liangjiahe Brigade, Wen'anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province

1975-1979 Student of basic organic synthesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1979-1982 Secretary, General Office, State Council and Central Military Commission (AD)

1982-1983 Deputy secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province

1983-1985 Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province; concurrently first commissar and Party Committee first secretary, Zhengding County Military Affairs Department

1985-1988 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, Fujian Province; and vice mayor, Xiamen

1988-1990 Secretary, CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, Fujian Province; and concurrently first secretary, Party Committee, Ningde Military Sub-region

1990-1993 Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Fujian Province; chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress; and concurrently first secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region

1993-1995 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress; first secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region

1995-1996 Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress; first secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region

1996-1999 Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; first commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division

1999-2000 Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; acting governor, Fujian Province; deputy director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; director, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; first commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division

2000-2002 Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; governor, Fujian Province; deputy director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; director, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; first commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division (1998-2002: studied Marxist theory and ideological and political education in the In-service Postgraduate Class at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, and awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws)

2002 Deputy secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; acting governor, Zhejiang Province; deputy director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; director, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee

2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; acting governor, Zhejiang Province; first secretary, Party Committee, Zhejiang Provincial Military Region; deputy director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; director, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee

2003-2007 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress; first secretary, Party Committee, Zhejiang Provincial Military Region

2007 Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee; first secretary, Party Committee, Shanghai Garrison Command

2007-2008 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and member, Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; president, Central Party School

2008-2010 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and member, Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; vice president, PRC; president, Central Party School

2010-2012 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and member, Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; vice president, PRC; vice chairman, CPC and PRC Central Military Commission; president, Central Party School

2012- General secretary, CPC Central Committee; chairman, CPC Central Military Commission; vice president, PRC; vice chairman, PRC Central Military Commission; president, Central Party School

Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and Secretariat, Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and general secretary, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee; elected as vice president of the PRC at the First Session of the Eleventh National People's Congress (NPC); appointed as a vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; appointed as a vice chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh NPC; appointed as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the First Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

LI KEQIANG

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Li Keqiang, born in July 1955, is a male ethnic Han from Dingyuan, Anhui Province. He entered the workforce in March 1974 and joined the CPC in May 1976. He graduated from the School of Economics at Peking University with a major in economics, has an in-service postgraduate education and holds the degree of Doctor of Economics.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1974-1976 Educated youth, Dongling Brigade, Damiao Commune, Fengyang County, Anhui Province

1976-1978 Secretary, Party Branch, Damiao Brigade, Damiao Commune, Fengyang County, Anhui Province

1978-1982 Student, Department of Law; and leader, Students' Union of Peking University

1982-1983 Secretary, Committee of the Communist Youth League (CYL), Peking University; member, Standing Committee, CYL Central Committee

1983-1985 Director, School Department, CYL Central Committee; secretary-general, All-China Students' Federation; alternate member, Secretariat, CYL Central Committee

1985-1993 Member, Secretariat, CYL Central Committee; vice chairman, All-China Youth Federation (09/1991-11/1991: student of a further studies course for provincial and ministerial level officials at Central Party School)

1993-1998 First member, Secretariat, CYL Central Committee; president, China Youth University for Political Sciences (1988-1994: studied economics in an in-service postgraduate program at the School of Economics at Peking University, and awarded the degrees of Master of Economics and Doctor of Economics)

1998-1999 Deputy secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee; acting governor, Henan Province; and concurrently director, Yellow River Flood Control Headquarters

1999-2002 Deputy secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee; governor, Henan Province; and concurrently director, Yellow River Flood Control Headquarters

2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee; governor, Henan Province; and concurrently director, Yellow River Flood Control Headquarters

2003-2004 Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Henan Provincial People's Congress

2004-2005 Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee

2005-2007 Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Liaoning Provincial People's Congress

2007-2008 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee

2008- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier of the State Council and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group; director of Three Gorges Project Construction Committee and of South-to-North Water Diversion Construction Project Committee, State Council

Member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Eighth NPC.

ZHANG DEJIANG

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Zhang Dejiang, born in November 1946, is a male ethnic Han from Tai'an, Liaoning Province. He entered the workforce in November 1968 and joined the CPC in January 1971. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Kim Il Sung University in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and has a university education.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council and member of its Leading Party Members' Group, and secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee.

1968-1970 Educated youth, Taiping Brigade, Luozigou Commune, Wangqing County, Jilin Province

1970-1972 Administrative secretary, Publicity Group; and secretary, CYL Branch; of the Wangqing County Revolutionary Committee, Jilin Province

1972-1975 Student of Korean language, Department of Korean Language, Yanbian University

1975-1978 Deputy secretary, General Party Branch, Department of Korean Language; member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and vice chairman, Revolutionary Committee; of Yanbian University

1978-1980 Student, Department of Economics; and secretary, Party Branch of Chinese Students; of Kim Il Sung University, DPRK

1980-1983 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and vice president; of Yanbian University

1983-1985 Deputy secretary, CPC Yanji Municipal Committee; member, Standing Committee, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee; and concurrently deputy secretary, CPC Yanji Municipal Committee; of Jilin Province

1985-1986 Deputy secretary, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee, Jilin Province

1986-1990 Vice minister; and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Ministry of Civil Affairs

1990-1995 Deputy secretary, CPC Jilin Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee

1995-1998 Secretary, CPC Jilin Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Jilin Provincial People's Congress

1998-2002 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee

2002-2007 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

2007-2008 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee

2008-2012 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier; member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the State Council; and concurrently secretary, CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee (03/2012)

2012- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the State Council; secretary, CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee

Alternate member, Fourteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

YU ZHENGSHENG

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Yu Zhengsheng, born in April 1945, is a male ethnic Han from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He entered the workforce in August 1963 and joined the CPC in November 1964. He graduated from the Department of Missile Engineering at the Harbin Military Engineering Institute with a major in automatic control systems of ballistic missiles. He is an engineer.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1963-1968 Student of automatic control systems of ballistic missiles, Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute

1968-1971 Technician, Zhangjiakou No. 6 Radio Factory, Hebei Province

1971-1975 Technician and leader, Qiaoxi Radio Factory, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province

1975-1981 Technician and engineer, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1981-1982 Assistant chief engineer, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1982-1984 Deputy director, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Ministry of Electronics Industry; Chief, No. 2 Systems Section; assistant chief engineer; and concurrently director, Department of Microcomputer Management; of the Administration for Computer Industry; Deputy director, Planning Department; of the Ministry of Electronics Industry

1984-1985 Chief; vice chairman, executive council; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the China Welfare Fund for Disabled Persons (December 1984: departmental-bureau level; January - March 1985: acting general manager, China Kanghua Industrial Company Ltd.)

1985-1987 Deputy secretary, CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province

1987-1989 Deputy secretary, CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province; mayor, Yantai Municipal People's Government, Shandong Province

1989-1992 Deputy secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, Shandong Province; deputy mayor and mayor, Qingdao Municipal People's Government, Shandong Province

1992-1994 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee; mayor, Qingdao Municipal People's Government

1994-1997 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee

1997-1998 Secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; and vice minister; of the Ministry of Construction

1998-2001 Minister; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Ministry of Construction

2001-2002 Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2002-2003 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Hubei Provincial People's Congress

2003-2007 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2007-2008 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2008-2011 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee; first executive deputy director, Organizing Committee; and director, Executive Committee; for Shanghai 2010 World Expo

2011-2012 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2012- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Alternate member, Fourteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

LIU YUNSHAN

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Liu Yunshan, born in July 1947, is a male ethnic Han from Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He entered the workforce in September 1966 and joined the CPC in April 1971. He received a university education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, a member of its Secretariat and head of its Publicity Department.

1964-1968 Student, Jining Teachers' College, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1968-1969 Teacher, Bashi School, Tumd Left Banner; and worker, Sobugai Commune, Tumd Right Banner; of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1969-1975 Administrative secretary, Publicity Department, CPC Tumd Right Banner Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1975-1982 Reporter and deputy chief, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Section; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Inner Mongolia Bureau of Xinhua News Agency (March - August 1981: student, Central Party School)

1982-1984 Deputy secretary of the CYL Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and of its Leading Party Members' Group

1984-1986 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1986-1987 Member, Standing Committee; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1987-1991 Member, Standing Committee; and secretary-general; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, Working Committee of Organs Directly under the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1991-1992 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee

1992-1993 Deputy secretary, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; and concurrently secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee (1989-1992: student of Party and government administration, Correspondence School, Central Party School)

1993-1997 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee

1997-2002 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee (October 1997: ministerial level); head, General Office, Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress

2002-2012 Member, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Central Committee

2012- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Central Committee

Alternate member, Twelfth and Fourteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

WANG QISHAN

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Wang Qishan, born in July 1948, is a male ethnic Han from Tianzhen, Shanxi Province. He entered the workforce in January 1969 and joined the CPC in February 1983. He graduated from the University Regular Class at the Department of History at Northwest University, China, with a major in history. He is a senior economist.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, vice premier of the State Council and member of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1969-1971 Educated youth, Fengzhuang Commune, Yan'an County, Shaanxi Province

1971-1973 Worked at the Shaanxi Provincial Museum

1973-1976 Student of history, Department of History, Northwest University, China

1976-1979 Worked at the Shaanxi Provincial Museum

1979-1982 Intern researcher, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

1982-1986 Section chief and research fellow at the deputy bureau level, Rural Policy Research Office, Secretariat, CPC Central Committee; and deputy director, Liaison Office, Rural Development Research Center, State Council

1986-1988 Research fellow at the bureau level, Rural Policy Research Office, Secretariat, CPC Central Committee; director, Liaison Office, Rural Development Research Center, State Council; director, National Office for Pilot Areas of Rural Reform; acting director and director, Development Institute, Rural Development Research Center, State Council

1988-1989 General manager; and secretary, Party Committee; of China Rural Trust and Investment Corporation

1989-1993 Vice governor; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of People's Construction Bank of China (09/1992 - 11/1992: student, Further Studies Class for Provincial- and Ministerial-level Cadres, Central Party School)

1993-1994 Vice governor; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of People's Bank of China

1994-1996 Governor; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of People's Construction Bank of China

1996-1997 Governor; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of China Construction Bank

1997-1998 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

1998-2000 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; vice governor, Guangdong Province

2000-2002 Director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Office for Economic Restructuring of the State Council

2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Hainan Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Hainan Provincial People's Congress

2003-2004 Deputy secretary, CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; acting mayor, Beijing; executive chairman; and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

2004-2007 Deputy secretary, CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; mayor, Beijing; executive chairman; and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

2007-2008 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee

2008-2011 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the State Council; chairman, Organizing Committee for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo

2011-2012 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the State Council

2012- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; secretary, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; vice premier; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the State Council

Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Standing Committee member and secretary, Eighteenth Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

ZHANG GAOLI

A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Zhang Gaoli, born in November 1946, is a male ethnic Han from Jinjiang, Fujian Province. He entered the workforce in August 1970 and joined the CPC in December 1973. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Xiamen University with a major in planning and statistics.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

1965-1970 Student of planning and statistics, Department of Economics, Xiamen University

1970-1977 Worker; secretary, Office, Production Headquarters; secretary, the Communist Youth League (CYL) General Branch, Political Department; deputy secretary, CYL Committee; of the Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of Petroleum Industry

1977-1980 Secretary, CPC General Branch; and political instructor; of No. 1 Workshop; and deputy secretary and secretary, Party Committee; Refinery, Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of Petroleum Industry

1980-1984 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; chief, Planning Section; and deputy manager; of Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company under the Ministry of Petroleum Industry

1984-1985 Deputy secretary, CPC Maoming Municipal Committee, Guangdong Province; manager, Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company, China Petroleum Chemicals Corporation

1985-1988 Director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Guangdong Provincial Economic Commission

1988-1992 Deputy governor, Guangdong Province (04/1990 - 07/1990: student, Further Studies Class for Provincial- and Ministerial-level Cadres, Central Party School)

1992-1993 Deputy governor, Guangdong Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission

1993-1994 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission

1994-1997 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong Province; head, Leading Group for Planning and Coordination Work of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone

1997-1998 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong Province; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

1998-2000 Deputy secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

2000-2001 Deputy secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress

2001-2002 Deputy secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; acting governor and governor, Shandong Province

2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; governor, Shandong Province

2003-2007 Secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shandong Provincial People's Congress

2007 Secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2007-2012 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2012- Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

(China Daily 11/16/2012 page6)