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

People's Daily Online


XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 5/4/2011
Career Data Updated: 5/4/2011

PHOTO: Wang Chen
Wang Chen 王晨
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Director, State Internet Information Office
Born: 1950

Biography Highlight

Wang Chen, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing. He was born in 1950, and joined the work force and the CPC in 1969. Wang graduated from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Recent Career Data

2011— Director, State Internet Information Office
2008—2011 Director, Information Office of the State Council
2008— Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2008 President, People's Daily
2001—2003 Editor-in-Chief, People's Daily
2001—2006 Vice-Chairman, All-China Journalists Association
2000—2001 Deputy Head, CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1998—2003 Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee