BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Li Zhanshu:

Li Zhanshu, born in August 1950, is a male ethnic Han from Pingshan, Hebei Province. He entered the workforce in December 1972 and joined the CPC in April 1975. He graduated from the Department of Political Education, Evening College, Hebei Normal University and received a university education while in service, and holds an executive MBA degree.

He is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of its Secretariat, director of its General Office, and secretary of the Working Committee of the Organs Directly Under the CPC Central Committee.

1971-1972 Student of commodity prices, Shijiazhuang Prefecture Finance and Trade School, Hebei Province

1972-1976 Administrative secretary; and deputy director; of the Office, Shijiazhuang Prefecture Commercial Bureau, Hebei Province

1976-1983 Administrative secretary; and section chief; of the Information Section, Office, CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province (1980-1983: student, Department of Political Education, Evening College, Hebei Normal University)

1983-1985 Secretary, CPC Wuji County Committee, Hebei Province

1985-1986 Deputy secretary, CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee; commissioner, Shijiazhuang Prefecture; of Hebei Province

1986-1990 Secretary, CYL Hebei Provincial Committee (02/1988-08/1988: took a training course on Party building theory, Central Party School)

1990-1993 Deputy secretary, CPC Chengde Prefectural Committee; commissioner, Chengde Prefecture; of Hebei Province

1993-1997 Member, Standing Committee; and secretary-general; of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee (1992-1994: student of economics, Correspondence College, Central Party School)

1997-1998 Member, Standing Committee; and deputy head, Leading Group on Rural Work; of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

1998-2000 Member, Standing Committee; deputy head, Leading Group on Rural Work; and director, Office; of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee (1996-1998: took a postgraduate course on business economics while in service, Department of Finance and Trade, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

2000-2002 Member, Standing Committee; and head, Organization Department; of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

2002-2002 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Xi'an Municipal People's Congress

2002-2003 Deputy secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Xi'an Municipal People's Congress

2003-2004 Deputy secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

2004-2007 Deputy secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee; vice governor, Heilongjiang Province (2005-2007: studied executive business administration, Harbin Institute of Technology, and received an executive MBA degree)

2007-2008 Deputy secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee; acting governor, Heilongjiang Province

2008-2010 Deputy secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee; governor, Heilongjiang Province

2010-2012 Secretary, CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Guizhou Provincial People' s Congress

2012-2012 Deputy director at the ministerial level in charge of routine work; and director; of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly Under the CPC Central Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Guizhou Provincial People's Congress

2012- Member, Political Bureau; and Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; director, General Office, CPC Central Committee; secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly Under the CPC Central Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Guizhou Provincial People's Congress

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