Zhang Dejiang

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Born in November 1946, is a male ethnic Han from Tai'an, Liaoning province. He entered the workforce in November 1968 and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1971. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Kim Il-sung University in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has a university education.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

1968-70 Educated youth, Taiping Brigade, Luozigou Commune, Wangqing county, Jilin province

1970-72 Administrative secretary, Publicity Group, and secretary, CYL Branch of the Wangqing County Revolutionary Committee, Jilin province

1972-75 Student of Korean language, Department of Korean Language, Yanbian University

1975-78 Deputy secretary, General Party Branch, Department of Korean Language; member, Standing Committee, Party Committee and vice-chairman, Revolutionary Committee of Yanbian University

1978-80 Student, Department of Economics and secretary, Party Branch of Chinese Students of Kim Il-sung University, DPRK

1980-83 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee, and vice-president of Yanbian University

1983-85 Deputy secretary, CPC Yanji Municipal Committee; member, Standing Committee, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee; and concurrently deputy secretary, CPC Yanji Municipal Committee of Jilin province

1985-86 Deputy secretary, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee, Jilin province

1986-90 Vice-minister and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs

1990-95 Deputy secretary, CPC Jilin Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Yanbian Prefectural Committee

1995-98 Secretary, CPC Jilin Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Jilin Provincial People's Congress

1998-2002 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee

2002-07 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

2007-08 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee

2008-12 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice-premier; member, Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council

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

2012-13 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice-premier and member, Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council

2013 - Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; chairman of the Standing Committee of 12th NPC

Alternate member, 14th CPC Central Committee; member, 15th through 18th CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, 18th CPC Central Committee; chairman of the Standing Committee of 12th NPC.

Xinhua

(China Daily 03/15/2013 page5)