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Zheng Bijian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Fushun, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1932 and joined the CPC in 1952. He completed postgraduate studies in political economics at People‘s University of China in 1954.

Zheng has conducted Party-oriented research for the state government, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Party. He was deputy chief for the theory group of Mao Zedong Works editing committee at the CPC Central Committee in the late 1970s. He was later deputy director-general of the international affairs research center at the State Council in the late 1970s. In 1988, he served a four year stint as the vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He concurrently worked as the director for the research institute for Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought at the academy.

Following his academy positions, Zheng became deputy head of the publicity department at the CPC Central Committee. He is executive vice-president of the Party school of the CPC Central Committee.

Recent Career Data

2003—	Member, 10th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee
1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
	Executive Vice-President, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1992—1997	Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1992—1997	Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1988—1992	Director, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Marxism-Leninism Faculty
1988—1992	Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1982—1987	(Secretary of Hu Yaobang)
1982—1987	Researcher, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Secretariat, Research Department