The following is the biographical sketch of Yu Zhengsheng:

Yu Zhengsheng, male, ethnic Han, native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, born in April 1945. Joined the CPC in November 1964 and began working in August 1963. Graduated from the Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute, majoring in automatic control of ballistic missiles. With a university education. Engineer.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

1963-1968 Student majoring in automatic control of ballistic missiles at the Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute

1968-1971 Technician of Zhangjiakou No. 6 Radio Factory, Hebei Province

1971-1975 Technician and director of Qiaoxi Radio Factory, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province

1975-1981 Technician and engineer of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1981-1982 Assistant chief engineer of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1982-1984 Deputy director of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Ministry of Electronics Industry; chief of Second Systems Division, assistant chief engineer and head of Department of Microcomputer Management of the Administration for Computer Industry, the Ministry of Electronics Industry; and deputy director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Electronics Industry

1984-1985 President, vice chairman of the board and member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the China Welfare Fund for the Disabled (equal to bureau-chief as from December 1984; and acting general manager of China Kanghua Industrial Company Ltd., January-March 1985)

1985-1987 Deputy secretary of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province

1987-1989 Deputy secretary of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee and mayor of Yantai, Shandong Province

1989-1992 Deputy secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee and deputy mayor and major of Qingdao, Shandong Province

1992-1994 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, and mayor of Qingdao

1994-1997 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee

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 of Construction 2001-2002 Secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2002-2003 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress

2003- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

Alternate member of the Fourteenth CPC Central Committee, member of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth CPC Central Committees, and Political Bureau member of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees.

(Xinhua News Agency Oct.22, 2007)