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Biography Highlight

Wang Qishan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Tianzhen County, Shanxi province. He was born in 1948, joined the CPC in 1983 and graduated from Northwest University. Wang has served as director of several leading banks including the China Investment Bank and the China Construction Bank. He served as a member of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee in 2003, and he was appointed mayor of Beijing in the same year.

Recent Career Data

2008—	Member, State Council CPC, Leading Party Group
2008—	Vice-Premier, State Council	§
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2004—2007	Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality
2003—2007	Deputy Secretary, Chinese Olympic Committee, Beijing Organizing Committee for the XXIX Olympiad CPC, Leading Party Group Beijing Municipality
2003—2007	Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Beijing Municipality
2003—2007	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality
2003—2004	Vice-Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality
2003—2004	Acting Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality

Recent Travel & Appearances

01/13/12	Chinese vice PM meets Henry Kissinger
01/12/12	Wang Qishan Meets with Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell
01/11/12	Wang Qishan and US President's Special Representative and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Hold the Second Work Meeting
01/10/12	China, US pledge closer cooperation to advance global economic recovery
12/28/11	Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan meets with Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz