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Biography Highlight

Yi Xiaozhun, male, Han Nationality, was born in 1951 and is a native of Changsha, Hunan Province. He is a member of the CPC and holds a bachelor’s degree and the rank of Senior Economist. He has been a vice minister in the Ministry of Commerce since 2005. His portfolio covers the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, the Department of WTO Affairs, the Policy Research Department, the China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges, the China Association of International Trade and the China Society for World Trade Organization Studies.

Recent Career Data

2005—	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Commerce
2003—	Member, Ministry of Commerce CPC, Leading Party Group
2003—2005	Assistant Minister, Ministry of Commerce
2000—2003	Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, International Trade and Economic Affairs Department
1996—2000	Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, International Trade and Economic Affairs Department
1996—1999	Student, Nankai University Tianjin Municipality
1987—1992	Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy, Commerce Office USA, Washington D.C.
1984—1987	Worker, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, International Communication Bureau
1973—1977	Student, Beijing University, Economics Department Beijing Municipality