Zhang Gaoli -- Politburo member of CPC Central Committee

Zhang Gaoli Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

Beijing -- The following is the biographical sketch of Zhang Gaoli:

Zhang Gaoli, male, ethnic Han, native of Jinjiang, Fujian Province, born in November 1946. Joined the CPC in December 1973 and began working in August 1970. Graduated from the Department of Economics, Xiamen University, majoring in planning and statistics. With a university education.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

1965-1970 Student majoring in planning and statistics in the Department of Economics, Xiamen University

1970-1977 Worker of the Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, secretary of its production headquarters office, secretary of the CYLC general branch of its political department, and deputy secretary of its CYLC committee

1977-1980 Secretary of the general branch of the CPC committee and political instructor of the first workshop of the refinery of the Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, deputy secretary and secretary of the refinery Party committee

1980-1984 Standing committee member of the Party committee of the Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, director of its planning division, and deputy manager of the company

1984-1985 Deputy secretary of the CPC committee of Maoming City, Guangdong Province, and manager of the Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company under SINOPEC

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

1988-1992 Deputy governor of Guangdong Province (April-July 1990: participated in the training program for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Central Party School)

1992-1993 Deputy governor of Guangdong Province and concurrently director of the provincial planning commission and secretary of the commission's Leading Party Members' Group

1993-1994 Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, deputy governor of Guangdong Province and concurrently director of the provincial planning commission and secretary of the commission's Leading Party Members' Group

1994-1997 Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and deputy governor of Guangdong Province

1997-1998 Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

1998-2000 Deputy secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Shenzhen City Committee

2000-2001 Deputy secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress

2001-2002 Deputy secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, acting governor and governor of Shandong Province

2002-2003 Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and governor of Shandong Province

2003-2007 Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial People's Congress

2007-2007 Secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2007- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

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