Xie Shijie, male, Han nationality, is a native of Liangping, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1934, joined the CPC in 1954 and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College.
Xie spent almost 25 years as director of the Ya'an Agricultural School in Sichuan Province. During his career, he held various Party leadership roles at the prefectural level. In 1985, he became vice-governor of Sichuan Province.
He was a member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and a deputy to the 8th and 9th NPCs.