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Biography Highlight

Xu Caihou, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wafangdian, Liaoning Province. He was born in 1943, joined the army in 1963, joined the CPC in 1971, and graduated from the Electronics Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—	Vice-Chairman, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2004—2007	Vice-Chairman, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2003—2005	Director-General, PLA, General Political Department
2002—2004	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—	Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, Commission for Discipline Inspection
2000—2002	Deputy Secretary, PLA, General Political Department CPC, Party Committee
1999—2003	Executive Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department

Recent Travel & Appearances

11/14/08	Xu Caihou met with Bulgaria's Chief of General Staff General Zlatan Stoykov.
06/30/08	Xu Caihou met with former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry.
05/23/07	Xu Caihou met with a delegation of Japan's Forum on China's Politics and Economy led by its chief representative Atushi Shima.
11/01/06	Xu Caihou met with Romanian secretary of state and chief of the Department for Armaments Ioan Ion.
08/07/06	Xu Caihou met with Jorge Huerta Dunsmore, chief of staff of the national defense of Chile.