Li Zhanshu is elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)
The following is the biographical sketch of Li Zhanshu:
Li Zhanshu, male, Han ethnicity, was born in August 1950 and is from Pingshan, Hebei Province. He began his first job in December 1972 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1975. Li graduated from Department of Political Education, Night College, Hebei Normal University where he completed an in-service undergraduate program. He holds an executive MBA degree.
Li is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and is also Secretary of the Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee.
2017- Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Director, CPC Central Committee General Office
Director, Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee
Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee
2014-2017 Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
Director, CPC Central Committee General Office
Director, Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee
Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee
2012-2014 Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
Director, CPC Central Committee General Office
Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee
2012 Deputy Director (minister level) in charge of routine work and Director, CPC Central Committee General Office
Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress
2010-2012 Secretary, CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress
2008-2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
Governor, Heilongjiang Province
2007-2008 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Heilongjiang Province
2004-2007 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
Vice Governor, Heilongjiang Province
Studied executive business administration at Harbin Institute of Technology and received an executive MBA degree (2005-2007)
2003-2004 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee
2002-2003 Deputy Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
Secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal People's Congress
2002 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
Secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal People's Congress
2000-2002 Member of Standing Committee and Head of Organization Department, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
1998-2000 Member of Standing Committee; Deputy Head of Leading Group for Rural Work and its Office Director, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
Attended an in-service graduate program in business economics at Department of Finance and Trade, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1996-1998)
1997-1998 Member of Standing Committee and Deputy Head of Leading Group for Rural Work, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee
1993-1997 Member of Standing Committee and Secretary-General, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee
Studied economics through Correspondence School of the Central Party School (1992-1994)
1990-1993 Deputy Secretary, CPC Chengde Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province Commissioner, Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province
1986-1990 Secretary, CYL Hebei Provincial Committee
Took a training course in Party building theory at the Central Party School (Feb-Aug 1988)
1985-1986 Deputy Secretary, CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province Commissioner, Shijiazhuang Prefecture, Hebei Province
1983-1985 Secretary, CPC Wuji County Committee, Hebei Province
1976-1983 Administrative secretary and Chief, Information Section, Office of the CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province
Studied at Department of Political Education, Night College, Hebei Normal University (1980-1983)
1972-1976 Administrative secretary and deputy head, Office of the Shijiazhuang Prefecture Commercial Bureau, Hebei Province
1971-1972 Studied commodity prices at Shijiazhuang Prefecture Finance and Trade School, Hebei Province
Alternate member, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees
Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees
Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, 18th CPC Central Committee
Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, 19th CPC Central Committee.
