Wu Yi, Han nationality, a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province, was
born in November 1938. She joined the
Communist Party of China (CPC) in April
1962 and began to work in August 1962. She graduated from the Oil Refinery
Department of the Beijing Petroleum Institute where she had majored in oil
refinery engineering.
She is a university graduate and a senior engineer. She is now a member of
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor and member of
the Leading Party Members ' Group of the State Council.
1956-1962 Studied at the National Defense Department of the Northwest
Polytechnic Institute and the Oil Refinery Department of the Beijing Petroleum
Institute majoring in oil refinery engineering
1962-1965 Technician of a workshop and staff member of the Political
Department of the Lanzhou Oil Refinery
1965-1967 Technician of the production division, Production and Technology
Department of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry
1967-1983 Technician, deputy chief and chief of the technology section,
deputy chief engineer and deputy director of the Beijing Dongfanghong Refinery
1983-1988 Deputy general manager and Party secretary of the Yanshan
Petrochemical Corporation
1988-1991 Vice-mayor of Beijing
1991-1993 Vice-minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Deputy
secretary of the ministry's Leading Party Members' Group
1993-1997 Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and secretary of
the Ministry's Leading Party Members' Group
1997-1998 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee, minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and secretary of
the Ministry's Leading Party Members' Group
1998-2002 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee, State Councilor and member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the
State Council
2002- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State
Councilor and member of the Leading Party Members ' Group of the State Council.
She was an alternate member of the 13th CPC Central Committee and member of
the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees. She is a member of the 16th CPC
Central Committee and of its Political Bureau. Ms. Wu was appointed as Minister
of Health on April 26 to replace Mr. Zhang
Wenkang who was removed from his post due to poor performance in control of
SARS spread in China.
Source:
Xinhua News Agency August
31, 2007
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