Shen Weichen, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lucheng City, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1956 and joined the CPC in 1979. He started to work in 1969, and serves his positions mostly in Shanxi Province. Shen has a master degree of economics. He was the Secretary of the CPC Taiyuan City Committee from 2006 to 2010 and an alternate member of 17th CPC Central Committee since 2007. In 2010, he became Deputy Director of the CPC Central Committee Publicity Department.