China Vitae : Biography of Liu Yunshan

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: 3/25/2009
Career Data Updated: 3/25/2009

Liu Yunshan 刘云山

Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo; Director, CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department

Born: 1947

Birthplace: Shanxi Province, Xinzhou Prefecture

Biography

Liu Yunshan, male, Han nationality, was born in July 1947, a native of Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He joined the CPC in April 1971 and joined the workforce in September 1966. He is a graduate of the Central Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

From the late 1970s into the 1990s, Liu worked in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, first as a reporter and public relations specialist, and then as a Party official. He became deputy secretary of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee.

Liu was an alternate member of the 12th and 14th CPC Central Committees and a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. He was also head of the Publicity Department of the 16th CPC Central Committee and head of the Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Liu is now a member of the Politburo of the 17th CPC Central Committee and Director of the CPC Central Committee Propaganda Department.

Career Data

2007—	Director, CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007	Head, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee
2002—2007	Director, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002	Deputy Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1997—2002	Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee (Confirmed at ministerial level in Oct. 1997.)
1993—1997	Deputy Head, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1992—1993	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1992—1997	Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1991—1993	Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Chifeng City
1989—1992	Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School (Correspondence course in Party and Government Administration.)
1987—1991	Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Institutions of Higher Learning Work Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1987—1991	Secretary-General, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1986—1992	Member, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Standing Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1986—1987	Head, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Publicity Department Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1984—1986	Deputy Head, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Publicity Department Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1984	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee CPC, Leading Party Group Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1984	Deputy Secretary, CYLC, Autonomous Regional-Level Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1987	Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1981—1981	Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1975—1982	Member, Xinhua News Agency CPC, Leading Party Group Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1975—1982	Reporter, Division Head, Xinhua News Agency Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1971	Joined, CPC
1969—1975	Clerk, Publicity Department, CPC, Autonomous Prefectural Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1968—1969	Sobugai People's Commune Cultural Revolution, Sent to do manual labor Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1968—1968	Teacher, Baishi School Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1964—1968	Student, Jining Normal School Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Recent Travel & Appearances

10 Feb 12	APPEARANCE	Senior Chinese official calls for strengthening of Marxism research
08 Feb 12	APPEARANCE	Senior official stresses healthy development of minors' ideology
03 Feb 12	APPEARANCE	Senior Chinese leader encourages moral model poll
12 Jan 12	APPEARANCE	China's journalists told to improve awareness of national situation
09 Jan 12	APPEARANCE	Senior official calls for more efforts to curb porn, protect IPRs
04 Jan 12	APPEARANCE	Senior Chinese leader urges healthy online culture
28 Dec 11	APPEARANCE	Senior officials stress innovation
23 Dec 11	APPEARANCE	Senior CPC official meets representatives from vanguard groups
07 Dec 11	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Pierre Laurent (National Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF)) Senior CPC official vows to develop friendly cooperation with French Communist Party
05 Dec 11	APPEARANCE	Senior official watches Chinese opera "Golden Mask Dynasty" in Beijing

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