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: 11/22/2010
Career Data Updated: 1/12/2011

PHOTO: Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping 习近平
Vice-President, People's Government, People's Republic of China; Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee; Vice-Chairman, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission; Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC; Chairman, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Party Building Leading Small Group
Born: 1953

Biography

Xi Jinping, male, Han nationality, is a native of Fuping County, Shaanxi Province. He was born in 1953, entered the work force in 1969, joined the CYLC in 1971 and joined the CPC in 1974.

Xi has served in four provinces during his government and Party career: Shaanxi, Hebei, Fujian and Zhejiang. He has held Party positions in the CPC Fuzhou City Committee, and in 1990 he became president of the Party school in Fuzhou City. In 1999 he was elected vice-governor of Fujian province, then governor a year later. In 2002 he took up senior government and Party positions in Zhejiang Province.

Xi Jinping was an alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. In 2007 he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Bureau of the 17th CPC Central Committee. Since 2007, he is Chairman of 17th CPC Central Committee Party Building Leading Small Group, Chairman of 17th CPC Central Committee Hong Kong-Macao Affairs Leading Small Group, and Vice-Chairman of 17th CPC Foreign Affairs and Taiwan Affairs Leading Small Group. He is also the President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

In 2008, he became Vice-President of the People's Republic of China. In 2010 he became Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission and Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC.

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