The following is the biographical sketch of Li Yuanchao:

Li Yuanchao, male, ethnic Han, native of Lianshui, Jiangsu Province, born in November 1950. Joined the CPC in March 1978 and began working in November 1968. With a postgraduate education at the Central Party School, he holds the title of LLD.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

1968-1972 Worker of Shanghai Farm in Dafeng County, Jiangsu Province

1972-1974 Student of the Department of Mathematics of Shanghai Normal University

1974-1975 Teacher of Nanchang Middle School in Shanghai

1975-1978 Teacher of Luwan District Sparetime Vocational School in Shanghai

1978-1982 Student majoring in mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of Fudan University, deputy secretary and secretary of the CYLC general branch of the department

1982-1983 Teacher of the Department of Management of Fudan University, and deputy secretary of its CYLC committee

1983-1983 Deputy secretary and secretary of the CYLC Shanghai Municipal Committee

1983-1990 Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CYLC (1988-1990: student of the School of Economic Management of Peking University, where he obtained his master's degree)

1990-1993 Director general of the First Bureau of the International External Communication Group of the CPC Central Committee

1993-1996 Deputy head of the International Communication Group of the CPC Central Committee, deputy director of the International Communication Office of the CPC Central Committee, deputy director of the Information Office of the State Council (1991-1995: student majoring in scientific socialism at the Graduate School of the Central Party School, where he obtained his doctoral degree)

1996-2000 Vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

2000-2001 Deputy secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee

2001-2002 Deputy secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee

2002-2003 Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee

2003-2007 Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress

2007- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress

Alternate member of the Sixteenth CPC Central Committee, member of the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee and member of its Political Bureau and Secretariat. Member of the Standing Committee of the Seventh CPPCC National Committee, and member of the Eighth and Ninth CPPCC National Committees.

(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2007)