Zhang Gaoli

Vice Premier of State Council

Zhang Gaoli, born in November 1946, is an ethnic Han from Jinjiang, Fujian province. He entered the workforce in August 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1973. He holds an economics degree from Xiamen University, with a major in planning and statistics.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council, and deputy secretary of the State Council Leading Party Members' Group.

Experience:

1965-1970: Student of planning and statistics major, Department of Economics, Xiamen University

1970-1971: Worker, Logistics Department, Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of Petroleum Industry

1971-1974: Secretary, Production Headquarters Office; secretary, the Communist Youth League General Branch, Political Department, of GMPC

1974-1977: Deputy secretary, CYL committee and secretary, CPC General Branch, of GMPC

1977-1978:Secretary, CPC General Branch and political instructor of No. 1 Workshop, Oil Refinery Factory, of GMPC

1978-1980: Deputy secretary and secretary, Party Committee of the Oil Refinery Factory, of GMPC

1980-1983: Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; chief, Planning Section, of GMPC

1983-1984: Member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; deputy manager; of GMPC

1984-1985: Deputy secretary, CPC Maoming Municipal Committee, Guangdong Province; manager, Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company, China Petroleum Chemicals Corporation

1985-1988: Director and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, of the Guangdong Provincial Economic Commission

1988-1992: Deputy governor, Guangdong Province (April-July, 1990: student, Further Studies Class for Provincial- and Ministerial-level Cadres, Central Party School)

1992-1993: Deputy governor, Guangdong province; director and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group of the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission

1993-1994: Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong Province; director and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group of the Guangdong Provincial Planning Commission

1994-1997: Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong province; head, Leading Group for Planning and Coordination Work of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone

1997-1998: Member, Standing Committee, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; deputy governor, Guangdong province; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

1998-2000: Deputy secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

2000-2001: Deputy secretary, CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee; secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress

2001-2002: Deputy secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; acting governor and governor, Shandong Province

2002-2003: Secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; governor, Shandong province

2003-2007: Secretary, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shandong Provincial People's Congress

2007-2007: Secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2007-2012: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2012-2013: Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee (until November 2012)

2013- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice-premier, State Council; deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, State Council

Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; member, 16th, 17th and 18th CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, 17th CPC Central Committee; member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, 18th CPC Central Committee.