BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Sun Chunlan:

Sun Chunlan, born in May 1950, is a female ethnic Han from Raoyang County, Hebei Province. She entered the workforce in November 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1973. She has a postgraduate education from the Central Party School.

She is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, and chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.

1965-1969 Student of machinery, Anshan School of Industrial Technology, Liaoning Province

1969-1974 Worker; member, Workshop Party Branch Committee; person in charge, the Communist Youth League (CYL) Committee; and member, Party Committee; of Anshan Watch Factory, Liaoning Province

1974-1975 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and secretary, CYL Committee; of the Anshan Municipal First Light Industry Bureau, Liaoning Province

1975-1977 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and secretary, CYL Committee; of the Anshan Municipal Light Industry Textile Bureau, Liaoning Province

1977-1979 Member, Standing Committee, Party committee; of Anshan Chemical Fiber Wool Textile Factory, Liaoning Province

1979-1980 Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and deputy director, Political Department (person in charge); of Anshan Chemical Fiber Wool Textile Factory, Liaoning Province

1980-1985 Deputy director, Anshan Chemical Fiber Wool Textile Factory, Liaoning Province (1981-1984: took correspondence courses in economic management, Department of Economics, Liaoning University)

1985-1986 Deputy director; deputy secretary, Party Committee; of Anshan Chemical Fiber Wool Textile Factory, Liaoning Province (02/1986-11/1986: person in charge, Party Committee)

1986-1988 Secretary, Party Committee, Anshan Chemical Fiber Wool Textile Factory, Liaoning Province

1988-1991 Director, Anshan Municipal Women's Federation, Liaoning Province

1991-1993 Vice President, Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions (1989-1991: studied economic management in the Undergraduate Correspondence Course at the Party School of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee; 1992-1993: studied in a One-Year Training Course for Young and Middle-Aged Cadres at the Central Party School)

1993-1994 President of the Liaoning Provincial Women's Federation and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1994-1995 President of the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1995-1997 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee; president of the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group (1992-1995: studied decision making and management in the In-service Postgraduate Class at Liaoning University)

1997-2001 Deputy secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and president of its Party School

2001-2001 Deputy secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and president of its Party School; secretary, CPC Dalian Municipal Committee

2001-2005 Deputy secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Dalian Municipal Committee (2000-2003: studied political science in the Postgraduate Class for Provincial- and Ministerial-level Cadres at the Correspondence School at the Central Party School)

2005-2009 Secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; vice chairperson; and first member, Secretariat; of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions

2009-2010 Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee

2010-2012 Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; chairperson, Standing Committee, Fujian Provincial People's Congress

2012- Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; chairperson, Standing Committee, Fujian Provincial People's Congress

Alternate member, Fifteenth and Sixteenth CPC Central Committee; member, the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; member of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committees and its Political Bureau.