Wen Jiabao －－ Politburo Standing Committee Member of CPC Central Committee   2002-11-15 17:08:57 The following is the biographical sketch of Wen Jiabao: Wen Jiabao, male, 59, Han nationality, a native of Tianjin, was born in September 1942. He joined the Communist Party of China （CPC） in April 1965 and began working in September 1967. He graduated from the specialty of geological structure of Beijing Institute of Geology. He is a postgraduate and engineer. He serves as member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice－premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. 1960－1965 Student majoring in geological surveying and prospecting of the No. 1 Department of Geology and Minerals at Beijing Institute of Geology 1965－1968 Postgraduate majoring in geological structure at Beijing Institute of Geology 1968－1978 Technician and political instructor of the Geomechanics Survey Team under Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau and head of its political section 1978－1979 Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Geomechanics Survey Team under Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau and deputy head of the team 1979－1981 Deputy section head and engineer of Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau 1981－1982 Deputy director－general of Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau 1982－1983 Director of the Policy and Law Research Office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources and a member of its Leading Party Members' Group 1983－1985 Vice－minister of Geology and Mineral Resources, member and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and director of its Political Department 1985－1986 Deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee 1986－1987 Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee 1987－1992 Alternate member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Work Committee of Departments under the CPC Central Committee 1992－1993 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Work Committee of Departments under the CPC Central Committee 1993－1997 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee 1997－1998 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee 1998－2002 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, vice－premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee 2002－ Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice－premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee He was a member of the 13th CPC Central Committee, alternate member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the 14th CPC Central Committee, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. He is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, member and Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.