Wang Yang -- Politburo member of CPC Central Committee

Wang Yang Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress

Wang Yang, male, ethnic Han, native of Suzhou, Anhui Province, born in March 1955. Joined the CPC in August 1975 and began working in June 1972. Graduated from the Party School of the CPC Central Committee completing a university education. Master of Engineering.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress.

1972-1976 Worker and workshop director of a food factory in Suxian Prefecture, Anhui Province

1976-1979 Teacher of the May 7th Cadre School of Suxian Prefecture, Anhui Province; deputy head of one of its teaching and research section; and member of the school's CPC committee

1979-1980 Student majoring in political economy in a program for theoretical publicity cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee  

1980-1981 Teacher of the Party school of the CPC Suxian Prefectural Committee in Anhui Province

1981-1982 Deputy secretary of the CYLC Suxian Prefectural Committee in Anhui Province

1982-1983 Chief of the publicity department of the CYLC Anhui Provincial Committee

1983-1984 Deputy secretary of the CYLC Anhui Provincial Committee

1984-1987 Deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Commission for Physical Culture and Sports and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1987-1988 Director of the Anhui Provincial Commission for Physical Culture and Sports and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1988-1992 Deputy secretary of the CPC Tongling Municipal Committee, Anhui Province; acting mayor and mayor of Tongling (1989-1992: studied Party and government administration in an on-the-job undergraduate program of the Correspondence School under the Party School of the CPC Central Committee)

1992-1993 Director of the Anhui Provincial Planning Commission, secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group, and assistant governor of Anhui Province  

1993-1993 Deputy governor of Anhui Province

1993-1998 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee, and deputy governor of Anhui Province (1993-1995: participated in an on-the-job graduate program run by the Department of Administration Science, Chinese University of Science and Technology, and graduated with a master's degree in engineering; March-May 1997: student of a further studies course for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee)

1998-1999 Deputy secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee, and deputy governor of Anhui Province

1999-2003 Vice minister of the State Development and Planning Commission, and member of its Leading Party Members' Group (September-November 2001: student of a further studies course for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee)

2003-2005 Deputy secretary general of the State Council (at the ministerial level, in charge of the routine work of its General Office), and deputy secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of its organs

2005-2006 Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee

2006-2007 Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress

2007- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress

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