CHINA DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 5 2013 NPC & CPPCC LEADERS OF 12TH NPC STANDING COMMITTEE The chairman and 13 vice-chairpersons elected on Thursday

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ZHANG DEJIANG Born in 1946, is a Born in April 1946, is a Born in October 1946, is a Born in July 1945, is Female, born in August Born in December 1950, is a Female, born in January member of the Standing member of the Political member of the 18th CPC chairman of the Central 1946, is chairwoman of the member of the 18th CPC 1957, is a member of the Bureau of the 18th Central Central Committee. He has Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee, and 18th CPC Central Commit- Committee of the Committee of the CPC, and a served as president of the Democratic National China Association for deputy head of the Publicity tee, and executive deputy Political Bureau of the member of the 15th, 16th, Communist Party of 17th and 18th CPC Central Supreme People's Court Construction Association. Promoting Democracy. Department of the CPC head of the Organization China Central Commit- Committees. He is also since 2008. Central Committee. Department of the CPC tee. chairman of the All-China Central Committee. Federation of Trade Unions.

JI BINGXUAN ARKEN IMIRBAKI Born in November 1951, is a Born in January 1946, has Born in May 1947, of Tibetan Born in September 1953, of Born in May 1956, is Born in November 1946, is Born in August 1953, is member of the 18th CPC served as head of the ethnic group, is deputy Uygur ethnic group, is chairman of the Central chairman of the Central chairman of the Central Central Committee. He is National Development and secretary of the CPC chairman of the Standing Committee of the Revolu- Committee of the China Committee of the Chinese secretary of the CPC Reform Commission since Autonomous Regional Committee of the Xinjiang tionary Committee of the Democratic League. Peasants and Workers Provincial Committee. Uygur Autonomous Chinese Kuomintang. Democratic Party. Chen has Committee, and chairman of 2008. Regional People's Congress. served as Minister of Health the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial since 2007. People's Congress. GUILLERMO MUNRO / PROFILE LI YUANCHAO VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Born in November 1950, is a male ethnic Han from Lianshui, province. He entered the workforce in November 1968 and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1978. He received postgraduate training at the Central Party School and holds the degree of Doctor of Laws. Li is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China.

• 1968-72 Worker, Shanghai Farm, Dafeng county, Jiangsu province • 1972-74 Student, Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University • 1974-75 Teacher, Nanchang Secondary School, Shanghai • 1975-78 Teacher, Luwan District Spare-time Vocational School, Shanghai • 1978-82 Student of mathematics and deputy secretary and secretary, CYL General Branch of Department of Math- ematics, Fudan University • 1982-83 Teacher, Department of Management and deputy secretary, CYL Committee of Fudan University • 1983 Deputy secretary and secretary, CYL Shanghai Municipal Committee • 1983-90 Member, Secretariat, CYL Central Committee (1988-91: studied at the Center for Management Science at Peking University, and awarded the degree of Master of Science) • 1990-93 Director, First Bureau, International Communica- tion Group, CPC Central Committee • 1993-96 Deputy head, International Communication Group, CPC Central Committee; deputy director, Inter- national Communication Offi ce, CPC Central Committee; deputy director, Information Offi ce, State Council (1991-95: XU JINGXING / CHINA DAILY studied scientifi c socialism at the Graduate Department at Wu Bangguo (right) shakes hands with after Zhang was elected chairman of the 12th National People’s Congress Standing Committee at the Fourth Central Party School, and awarded the degree of Doctor of Plenary Meeting of the First Session of the 12th NPC in on Thursday. Laws) • 1996-2000 Vice-minister and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members’ Group of the Ministry of Culture ZHANG DEJIANG PROFILE • 2000-01 Deputy secretary, CPC Jiangsu Provincial Com- mittee ZHANG DEJIANG • 1968-70 Educated youth, • 1980-83 Member, Standing chairman, Standing Commit- • 2012-13 Member, Standing • 2001-02 Deputy secretary, CPC Jiangsu Provincial Com- CHAIRMAN OF THE STAND- Taiping Brigade, Luozigou Committee, Party Committee, tee, Provincial People’s Committee, Political Bureau, mittee; secretary, CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee ING COMMITTEE OF THE Commune, Wangqing county, and vice-president of Yanbian Congress CPC Central Committee; vice- • 2002-03 Secretary, CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee; NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CON- Jilin province University • 1998-2002 Secretary, CPC premier and member, Leading secretary, CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee GRESS • 1970-72 Administrative • 1983-85 Deputy secretary, Provincial Committee Party Members’ Group of the State Council • 2003-07 Secretary, CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee; secretary, Publicity Group, and CPC Yanji Municipal Com- • 2002-07 Member, Political chairman, Standing Committee, Jiangsu Provincial People’s Born in November 1946, is a secretary, CYL Branch of the mittee; member, Standing Bureau, CPC Central Commit- • 2013 - Member, Standing Congress male ethnic Han from Tai’an, Wangqing County Revolution- Committee, CPC Yanbian tee; secretary, CPC Guang- Committee, Political Bureau, Liaoning province. He entered ary Committee, Jilin province Prefectural Committee; and dong Provincial Committee CPC Central Committee; • 2007-12 Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, and concurrently deputy secretary, chairman of the Standing head, Organization Department of the CPC Central Com- the workforce in November • 1972-75 Student of Korean • 2007-08 Member, Political 1968 and joined the Commu- language, Department of CPC Yanji Municipal Commit- Committee of 12th NPC mittee tee of Jilin province Bureau, CPC Central Com- nist Party of China in January Korean Language, Yanbian mittee Alternate member, 14th • 2012-13 Member, Political Bureau of the CPC Central 1971. He graduated from the University • 1985-86 Deputy secretary, CPC Central Committee; Committee Department of Economics at CPC Yanbian Prefectural Com- • 2008-12 Member, Political member, 15th through 18th • 1975-78 Deputy secretary, Bureau, CPC Central Commit- • 2013- Member, Political Bureau of the CPC Central Com- Kim Il-sung University in the General Party Branch, Depart- mittee, Jilin province CPC Central Committees; mittee; vice-president, PRC Democratic People’s Republic tee; vice-premier; member, member, Political Bureau, ment of Korean Language; • 1986-90 Vice-minister and Leading Party Members’ Alternate member, 16th CPC Central Committee; member, of Korea and has a university member, Standing Commit- deputy secretary, Leading 16th and 17th CPC Central education. Group of the State Council Committees; member, Politi- 17th and 18th CPC Central Committees; member, Politi- tee, Party Committee and Party Members’ Group of the cal Bureau and Secretariat, 17th CPC Central Committee; He is currently a member of vice-chairman, Revolution- Ministry of Civil Aff airs • 2012 Member, Political cal Bureau and its Standing Bureau, CPC Central Commit- Committee, 18th CPC Central member, Political Bureau, 18th CPC Central Committee; the Standing Committee of ary Committee of Yanbian • 1990-95 Deputy secretary, member, Standing Committee, Seventh CPPCC National the Political Bureau of the CPC University tee; vice-premier; member, Committee; chairman of the CPC Jilin Provincial Commit- Leading Party Members’ Standing Committee of 12th Committee; member, Eighth and Ninth CPPCC National Central Committee and chair- • 1978-80 Student, Depart- tee; secretary, CPC Yanbian Committees; elected vice-president, PRC, at the First Ses- man of the Standing Commit- Group of the State Council NPC. ment of Economics and Prefectural Committee and concurrently secretary, sion of the 12th NPC. tee of the National People’s secretary, Party Branch of Chi- Congress. • 1995-98 Secretary, CPC CPC Chongqing Municipal nese Students of Kim Il-sung Jilin Provincial Committee; Committee XINHUA University, DPRK XINHUA