BEIJING - 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 Communist Party of China (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 chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

1963-1968 Student majored in 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; the Ministry of Electronics Industry

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