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Liu Yonghao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Xinjin, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1948 and studied in the faculty of mathematics of Chengdu Teachers' School in 1978.

Liu Yonghao is considered one of China top business entrepreneurs. He founded the Hope Group, which was one of the first large non-governmental business groups in China and the biggest fodder producer in Southwest China. The Hope Group is a comprehensive company combining the businesses of scientific research, production, trade, real estate, food and tourism. Liu is listed in Forbes magazine with his three brothers for being one of China's wealthiest entrepreneurs with assets totaling 600 million RMB. In 1994 Liu took the lead in investing 15 million RMB in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province to build the largest factory in China which promised rid poverty in the area.

Liu Yonghao is vice-chairman of the 8th Executive Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and vice-chairman of the 7th Executive Committee of the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is currently a Vice-Chairman of the Subcommittee of Economy of the CPPCC National Committee.

Recent Career Data

2003—	Vice-Chairman, CPPCC, Subcommittee of Economy
	Awardee, ("Ten Best People in National Help-the Poor")
2000	Winner, ("Asian Star" of American Business Week)
	Named "Man of the Moment in Chinese Reform",
	Awardee, ( "Ten Best Entrepreneurs of Chinese Privetely-run Enterprises")
	Winner, ("Most Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Enterprise Management)
1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1997—????	Vice-Chairman, Sichuan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce
1996—2003	Vice-Chairman of the Board, China Minsheng Bank
1994—????	Vice-Chairman, China Association for Promoting Glorious Causes