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Biography

Ai Baojun, male, Han nationality, a native of Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, was born in February 1960. He joined the CPC in 1982. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial automation Northeastern in 1983 and earned a master's degree in enterprise project management in 1988—both from Northeastern University. He began working in July 1983 and first held several accountancy positions in Northeastern University. Then, he studied in the United States from 1990 to 1991.

Ai has extensive experience in finance, accounting, and assets management of the steel industry. He joined Baoshan Iron and Steel Corporation in 1994 and served in several executive positions. He was director and deputy general manager of the corporation. In 1998, he was also general accountant. Ai later became the chief accountant, vice-president, and general manager of Baoshan Iron and Steel Corporation. He became vice-mayor of Shanghai in 2008. In 2013 he was named Director of Shanghai Free-trade Zone Management Committee.