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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.)

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

2012-2013 Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee (till November, 2012)

2013- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; chairman, the CPPCC National 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; chairman of the Twelveth CPPCC National Committee.

(Last update: March 2013)

 

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