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

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 2/28/2015
Career Data Updated: 3/5/2018

PHOTO: Zhou Shengxian
Zhou Shengxian 周生贤
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
Born: 1949

Biography

Zhou Shengxian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He was born in 1949, graduated from Wuzhou Teachers' School and joined the CPC in 1972.

Zhu began his career as a teacher in Tongxian County. He also served as a deputy magistrate there. He later held various party leadership positions in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He was appointed director of the State Forestry Administration in 2000.

In 2005, He became Minister and Secretary of the Party Group of the State Environmental Protection Administration. He was an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and he was a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and is now and a Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee. He served as Minister of the Ministry of Enviornmental Protection from 2013 to 2015.

Career Data

2017— Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Finance and Economy
2013—2015 Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2008—2013 Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2005—2008 Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection (Known at the time as the State Environmental Protection Administration)
2005—2015 Secretary, Ministry of Environmental Protection CPC, Leading Party Group
2002—2007 Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—2005 Secretary, State Forestry Administration CPC, Leading Party Group
2000—2005 Director, State Forestry Administration
1999—2000 Deputy Director, State Forestry Administration
1999—2000 Deputy Secretary, State Forestry Administration CPC, Leading Party Group
1998—1999 Member, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Standing Committee Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1997—1998 Student, National Defense Science and Technology University
1995—1996 Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1993—1999 Vice-Chairman, Autonomous Region People's Government Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1990—1993 Secretary-General, Autonomous Region People's Government Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1989—1990 Deputy Secretary-General, Autonomous Region People's Government Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1986—1989 Secretary, CPC, Autonomous County Committee Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Xiji County
1984—1986 Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1983—1986 Secretary, CPC, Autonomous County Committee Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Tongxin County
1982—1982 Student, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Party School Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1981—1983 Vice-Magistrate, County (District) People's Court Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Tongxin County
1978—1979 Student, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Party School Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
1972—1975 Secretary, Weizhou Commune CPC, Party Committee Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Tongxin County
1972 Joined, CPC
1969—1979 Teacher, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Tongxin County (Weizhou Middle School)
1968—1969 Worker, Weizhou Commune, Jiuzhuang Unit Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Tongxin County
1965—1968 Student, Wuzhong Normal College Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Wuzhong City


Recent Travel & Appearances

27 Feb 15 China appoints new environmental protection minister
17 Nov 14 Beijing to learn from APEC example and keep clear air
24 Oct 14 Chinese Vice Premier demands cleaner air for APEC meeting
22 Jul 13 Travelled to Guizhou Province, Guiyang City
#China to implement stricter air quality controls
16 Mar 13 Premier Li nominates new cabinet members #China
12 Nov 12 Group interview held by press center of 18th CPC National Congress #China #18PC
21 Dec 11 China sets pollution reduction targets for 2012
20 Dec 11 China assigns mandatory emission reduction tasks to local gov'ts, state-owned enterprises
02 Jun 11 Travelled to Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City
China to build wetland reserves in NE region: minister
01 Jun 11 Travelled to Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City
Chinese environment minister warns of project approval suspension amid crackdown on heavy metal pollution

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