BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Zhao Leji:

Zhao Leji, born in March 1957, is a male ethnic Han from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He entered the workforce in September 1974 and joined the CPC in July 1975. He received a postgraduate education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress.

1974-1975 Educated youth, Gongba Brigade, Hedong Township, Guide County, Qinghai Province

1975-1977 Correspondent, Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1977-1980 Student of philosophy, Philosophy Department, Peking University

1980-1982 Administrative secretary, Political Section, Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province; teacher; and secretary, CYL Committee; of Qinghai Provincial Commercial School

1982-1983 Deputy head, Dean's Office; of Qinghai Provincial Commercial School

1983-1984 Deputy chief, Political Section; and secretary, CYL Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1984-1986 Secretary, Party Committee; and manager; of Qinghai Provincial Hardware, Electric and Chemical Products Company

1986-1991 Deputy director; and deputy secretary, Party Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province

1991-1993 Director; and secretary, Party Committee; of the Department of Commerce, Qinghai Province (April 1992: concurrently head, Qinghai Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative)

1993-1994 Assistant to the governor of Qinghai Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Department of Finance, Qinghai Province

1994-1995 Vice governor of the Qinghai Province; director; and secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Department of Finance, Qinghai Province

1995-1997 Vice governor of the Qinghai Province

1997-1997 Vice governor, Qinghai Province; secretary, CPC Xining Municipal Committee

1997-1999 Deputy secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; Secretary of the CPC Xining Municipal Committee (1996-1998 studied monetary banking in the postgraduate class at the Postgraduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

1999-2000 Vice secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; acting governor of Qinghai Province

2000-2003 Vice secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; governor of Qinghai Province

2003-2003 Secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; governor of Qinghai Province

2003-2004 Secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee

2004-2007 Secretary, CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee; chairman of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial People's Congress (2002-2005 studied political science in the in-service postgraduate class at the Central Party School)

2007-2008 Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

2008-2012 Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress

2012- Member, Political Bureau; member, the Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committees; secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress

Member, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.