Chen Quanguo is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Chen Quanguo:
Chen Quanguo, male, Han ethnicity, was born in November 1955 and is from Pingyu, Henan Province. He began his first job in December 1973 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in February 1976. Chen graduated from School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology where he completed an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering. He holds a Doctor of Management degree.
Chen is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee, and First Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Secretary, CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee
First Political Commissar, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
2016-2017 Secretary, CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee
First Political Commissar, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
2011-2016 Secretary, CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee
2010-2011 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee
Governor, Hebei Province
2009-2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Hebei Province
2004-2009 Deputy Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee
Attended an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering at School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology and was awarded a Doctor of Management degree (1999-2004)
2003-2004 Deputy Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee
Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
2001-2003 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
2000-2001 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
Vice Governor, Henan Province
1998-2000 Vice Governor, Henan Province
1996-1998 Deputy Secretary, CPC Luohe Municipal Committee, Henan Province
Mayor, Luohe
Attended a graduate program in economics at School of Business Administration, Wuhan University of Automobile Technology and was awarded a Master of Economics degree (1995-1997)
1994-1996 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Pingdingshan Municipal Committee, Henan Province
Head, Organization Department of the CPC Pingdingshan Municipal Committee
1992-1994 Member, CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province
Secretary, CPC Suiping County Committee, Henan Province
1988-1992 Secretary, CPC Suiping County Committee, Henan Province
1985-1988 Deputy Secretary-General, CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province
Chief, Policy Research Office of the CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee
1983-1985 Secretary (deputy director level), General Office of the CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province
1981-1983 Worked in Xindian Commune, Pingyu County, Henan Province
1978-1981 Studied political economy at Department of Economics, Zhengzhou University
1977-1978 Worker, Zhumadian Automobile Parts Plant, Henan Province
1973-1977 Served in the Artillery Regiment, the Third Division, the First Army of the PLA Ground Force
Alternate member, 17th CPC Central Committee
Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees
Member, Political Bureau, 19th CPC Central Committee