Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 4/21/2010
Career Data Updated: 4/21/2010

PHOTO: Du Qinglin
Du Qinglin 杜青林
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Head, CPC, Central Committee, United Front Work Department; Vice-Chairman, 11th CPPCC, National Committee
Born: 1946

Biography

Du Qinglin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Panshi City, Jilin Province. He was born in 1946, entered the workforce in 1964 and joined the CPC in 1966. Du holds a master's degree.

Du spent the first 30 years of his career in Jilin Province. His government jobs were in heavy industry and teachers training, and his Party jobs were in the CYLC and in the Jilin City Party organization. By 1988, he was deputy secretary of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee. Du was transferred to Hainan in 1992 as deputy secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee. In 1998, he became secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee. Du was Minister of Agriculture in 2001.

Du was an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. He served as secretary of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee from 2006 - 2007.

He is now a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and Head of United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee. He is also a Vice-Chairman of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC.

Career Data

2008— Member, 11th CPPCC, National Committee CPC, Leading Party Group
2008— Vice-President, China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification
2008— Vice-Chairman, 11th CPPCC, National Committee
2007— Head, CPC, Central Committee, United Front Work Department
2007—2007 Director, Provincial People's Congress, Standing Committee Sichuan Province
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2006—2007 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Sichuan Province
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2001—2006 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture CPC, Leading Party Group
2001—2006 Minister, Ministry of Agriculture
1998—2001 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Hainan Province
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—2001 Chairman, Provincial People's Congress, Standing Committee Hainan Province
1992—1998 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Hainan Province
1992—1998 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Hainan Province
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1988—1992 Took correspondence courses, Jilin University, Law Department
1988—1992 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jilin Province
1988—1992 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee, Politics and Law Committee Jilin Province
1985—1988 Head, CPC, Provincial Committee, Organization Department Jilin Province
1985—1988 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Jilin Province
1984—1985 Deputy Secretary, CPC, City Committee Jilin Province, Changchun City
1984 Graduated from correspondence course, Northeast China Teachers' University, Political Education Department
1979—1984 Deputy Secretary, CYLC, Provincial-Level Jilin Province
1979—1984 Secretary, CYLC, Provincial-Level Jilin Province
1978—1979 Secretary, CYLC, City-Level Jilin Province, Jilin City
1974—1978 Deputy Secretary, No. 1 Automobile Works CPC, Party Branch
1974—1978 Vice-Director, No. 1 Automobile Works
1974—1978 Deputy Chairman, No. 1 Automobile Works Cultural Revolution, Revolutionary Committee
1968—1974 Secretary, No. 1 Automobile Works CYLC, Institutional Level
1968—1974 Secretary, No. 1 Automobile Works CPC, Party Branch
1968—1974 Head, No. 1 Automobile Works, Workshop
1967—1968 Clerical Worker, CPC, City Committee, Publicity Department Jilin Province, Jilin City
(Studied at the postgraduate level and earned a Master Degree.)
1966 Joined, CPC
1964—1966 Member and Deputy Group Leader, CPC, County Committee, Socialist Education Work Team Jilin Province, Shulan County
1964—1966 Member and Deputy Group Leader, CPC, County Committee, Socialist Education Work Team Jilin Province, Yongji County
1964—1966 Member and Deputy Group Leader, CPC, County Committee, Socialist Education Work Team Jilin Province, Liuhe County

Recent Travel & Appearances

02 Mar 12 CPC official highlights coalition with non-communist parties
16 Dec 11 Role of "united front" praised by CPC official
06 Nov 11 Chinese vice premier attends reception celebrating Islamic Corban Festival
24 Jun 11 Travelled to Cambodia, Phom Penh and met with the following:
Sen Hun (Prime Minister of Cambodia)
Cambodia pledges to support one-China policy
26 May 11 Travelled to Liaoning Province, Shenyang City
Senior Chinese official urges improvement of "united front" work in social management
15 Mar 11 Senior official urges more efforts to promote China's peaceful reunification
28 Feb 11 More non-Communists named to senior posts: official
12 Dec 10 Du Qinglin briefs non-Communist elites after annual economic meeting
21 Sep 10 Travelled to Hong Kong SAR
Meeting on China's peaceful reunification opens in Hong Kong
15 Sep 10 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Majalli Wahabi (Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Parliament)
Du Qinglin meets senior Israeli lawmaker


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