Yu Zhengsheng is elected as member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Nov. 15, 2012. (Xinhua)
The following is the biographical sketch of Yu Zhengsheng:
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.
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