Yu Zhengsheng, male, 57, Han nationality, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Province, was born in April 1945. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC)
in November 1964 and started to work in August 1963. He graduated from the
specialty of ballistic missile automatic control specialty of the Missile
Engineering Department of the Harbin Military Engineering Institute; with a
university education, he holds the professional title as an Engineer.
He is now a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee,
secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the Standing
Committee of the Hubei Provincial People' s Congress.
1963-1968 Student majoring in ballistic missile automatic control of the Missile
Engineering Department of the Harbin Military Engineering Institute
1968-1971 Technician of the No. 6 Radio Factory of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei
Province
1971-1975 Technician and leading member of the Qiaoxi Radio Factory of
Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
1975-1981 Technician and engineer of the Electronics Application Research
Institute of the 4th Ministry of Machine- Building Industry
1981-1982 Deputy chief engineer of the Electronics Application Research
Institute of the 4th Ministry of Machine-Building Industry
1982-1982 Deputy director of the Electronics Application Research Institute of
the Ministry of Electronics Industry
1982-1984 Head and deputy chief engineer of the Second Systems Section of the
Computer Industry Management Bureau of the Ministry of Electronics Industry and
concurrently director of the microcomputer management department
1984-1984 Deputy director-general of the Planning Department of the Ministry of
Electronics Industry
1984-1985 Leading member, vice-president and member of the Leading Party
Members' Group of the China Welfare Fund for the Disabled (confirmed as
governmental department in rank in Dec. 1984; acting general manager of the
Kanghua Industrial Company from Jan. to March 1985)
1985-1987 Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Yantai City, Shandong
Province
1987-1989 Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Yantai City, Shandong
Province, and mayor of the city
1989-1989 Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Qingdao City, Shandong
Province and vice-mayor of the city
1989-1992 Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Qingdao City, Shandong
Province, and mayor of the city
1992-1994 Standing Committee member and secretary of the Party Committee of
Qingdao City, Shandong Province, and mayor of the city
1994-1997 Member of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial Party
Committee, secretary of the Party Committee of Qingdao City and mayor of the
city (during which he studied at the Central Party School from March to May
1996)
1997-1998 Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of
Construction and vice-minister of Construction
1998-2001 Minister of Construction and Secretary of the Leading Party Members'
Group of the Ministry
2001-2002 Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee
2002- Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the
Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress
Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the
Hubei Provincial Party Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the
Hubei Provincial People's Congress
He was an alternate member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees. He is
now a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and member of its Political
Bureau. .
