China Vitae : Biography of Meng Xianlai

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

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
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Revision History:

Biography Revised: 7/9/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

Meng Xianlai 孟宪来

Associate Researcher and Director of the Department of Personnel and Education of the Ministry of Land and Resources

Born: 1946

Birthplace: Shandong Province, Zhangqiu County

Biography

Meng Xianlai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zhangqiu, Shandong Province. He was born in 1946, joined the CPC in 1966, and graduated from the Department of Nonmetallic Mineral Prospecting of the Changchun Institute of Geosciences. Meng has spent the early part of his career at the Changchun Institute of Geosciences, and in the mid-1970s he served as vice-president of the institute.

Meng has also held leading Party posts at the Sankeyushu commune of Jilin Province, and in the late 1970s he served as secretary of its general Party branch. Subsequently, he moved to the Jilin Bureau of Geological Prospecting, where he held the posts of director of the department of geology and secretary of the Party branch.

Meng Xianlai was appointed director of the department of personnel of the Ministry of Land and Resources in 2001.

Career Data

2002—	Member, Ministry of Land and Resources CPC, Leading Party Group
2001—	Director, Ministry of Land and Resources, Personnel and Education Department
2000—2001	Director, Ministry of Land and Resources, Law Enforcement Inspection Bureau
2000—2001	Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1991—1996	Director, Ministry of Land and Resources, Education Department
1988—????	Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1976—????	Deputy Secretary, Changchun Institute of Geosciences CPC, Party Committee Jilin Province, Changchun City
1976—????	Deputy Director, Changchun Institute of Geosciences Cultural Revolution, Revolutionary Committee Jilin Province, Changchun City
1976—????	Vice-President, Changchun Institute of Geosciences Jilin Province, Changchun City
1976—1978	Leader, Sankeyushu Commune Jilin Province, Tonghua County
1976—1978	Sankeyushu Commune CPC, Party Branch Jilin Province, Tonghua County
1974—1976	Secretary, Changchun Institute of Geosciences CPC, League Committee Jilin Province, Changchun City
1974—1976	Deputy Leader, Changchun Institute of Geosciences, Student Affairs Group Jilin Province, Changchun City
1970—1974	Worker, Changchun Institute of Geosciences, Geology Team Jilin Province, Changchun City
1966	Joined, CPC
1966	Graduate, Changchun Institute of Geosciences, Nonmetallic Mineral Prospecting Department Jilin Province, Changchun City