Liu Yandong -- Politburo member of CPC Central Committee

Source: Xinhuanet | 10-23-2007 11:05

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Liu Yandong:

Liu Yandong, female, ethnic Han, native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province, born in November 1945. Joined the CPC in July 1964 and began working in March 1970. Graduated from the School of Administration of Jilin University, majoring in political science. With a part-time postgraduate education, she holds the title of LLD.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairwoman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee and member of its Leading Party Members' Group, and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.

1964-1970 Student and political instructor of the Department of Engineering Chemistry of Tsinghua University

1970-1972 Worker, technician and workshop head of Kaiping Chemical Plant in Tangshan, Hebei Province

1972-1978 Worker of Beijing Chemical Experiment Plant, staff member of the publicity section of its Party committee, secretary of a workshop Party branch, member of the standing committee of the plant's Party committee, deputy chief and chief of its political department

1978-1980 Deputy secretary of the Party committee of Beijing Chemical Experiment Plant

1980-1981 Cadre of the Organization Department of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee

1981-1982 Deputy secretary of the CPC Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing

1982-1991 Member and executive member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CYLC, vice chairwoman and chairwoman of All-China Youth Federation

1991-1995 Deputy secretary general of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, chairwoman of the All-China Youth Federation, deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee (1990-1994: part-time student majoring in theories and methodology of sociology at the Department of Sociology of Renmin University of China, where she received her master's degree)

1995-1998 Deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Central Socialist Academy

1998-2001 Deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee (ministerial rank), secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Central Socialist Academy (1994-1998: part-time student majoring in theories of political science at the School of Administration of Jilin University, where she received her doctoral degree)

2001-2002 Deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee (ministerial rank), secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Central Socialist Academy, vice president of Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2002-2003 Head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Central Socialist Academy, vice president of Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2003-2005 Vice chairwoman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee and member of its Leading Party Members' Group, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, vice president of Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2005-2007 Vice chairwoman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee and member of its Leading Party Members' Group, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee

2007- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairwoman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee and member of its Leading Party Members' Group, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee

Alternate member of the Fifteenth CPC Central Committee, member of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees, and member of the Political Bureau of the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee. Member of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress. Member of the Standing Committees of the Sixth, Eighth and Ninth CPPCC National Committees, and vice chairwoman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee.

Editor:Yang Jie