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Biography Highlight

Li Yuanchao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lianshui, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1950, and joined the CPC in 1978. He graduated from the math department of Fudan University in 1982, obtained the master's degree of economic management from Peking University in 1986, and received a doctorate of law from the Central Party School in 1998.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Secretary, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro, Secretariat
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro
2007—	Head, CPC, Central Committee, Organization Department
2003—2007	Chairman, Provincial People's Congress Jiangsu Province
2002—2007	Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007	Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
2001—2007	Secretary, CPC, City Committee Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
2000—2002	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee

Recent Travel & Appearances

10/17/09	Li Yuanchao met with President of Harvard University Drew Gilpin Faust.
11/17/08	Li Yuanchao met with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin.
01/12/08	Xi Jinping attended a ceremony of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee and awarded the graduates with certificates.
12/06/07	Li Yuanchao met with Ichiro Ozawa, president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
10/26/07	Li Yuanchao took over as the new head of the Organization Department and no longer serves as the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CPC.