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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

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 10/5/2010
Career Data Updated: 10/5/2010

PHOTO: Xu Shousheng
Xu Shousheng 徐守盛
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Governor, People's Government, Hunan Province; Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee, Hunan Province
Born: 1953
Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Rudong County

Biography

Xu Shousheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Rudong, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1953, joined the CPC in 1973 and graduated from the Party school. Xu is a senior economic administrator. Xu held leading Party posts in Rudong county of Jiangsu province in the 1970s. In 1990 he was elected secretary of the CPC Rudong committee.

Xu Shousheng was a delegate to the 15th National Congress and an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. Xu was elected vice-governor of Gansu province and head of the organization department of the CPC Gansu provincial committee in 2003. He served as governor for Gansu province from 2008 - 2010.

He is currently a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and in 2010, he became Deputy Secretary of CPC Provincial Committee of Hunan Province and governor of Hunan Province.