Luo Gan
- Politburo Standing Committee Member of the CPC Central Committee
Luo Gan, of the Han ethnic group and a native of Jinan, Shandong Province, was born in July 1935. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1960 and began working in May 1962. He graduated from the Machine Casting Specialty of the Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in the Democratic Republic of Germany. With a university education, he holds the title of senior engineer.
He is now member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor, member of the Leading Party Member Group of the State Council and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee.
1953-54 Student in the Pressure Processing Department of Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering
1954-55 German language student at Karl Marx University in Leipzig, the Democratic Republic of Germany
1955-56 Field practice at Leipzig Iron and Steel Plant and Leipzig Metal Casting Plant in the Democratic Republic of Germany
1956-62 Student majoring in machine casting at Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in the Democratic Republic of Germany
1962-69 Project group leader and technician in the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute under the No.1 Ministry of Machine-Building Industry
1969-70 Sent to do manual work at the "May
7th" Cadre School under the No.1 Ministry of Machine-Building Industry
1970-80 Director of the Luohe Preparatory Office of the Mechanical Engineering Academy under the No.1 Ministry of Machine-Building Industry and deputy director of the ministry's Zhengzhou Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
1980-81 Deputy director of the Henan Provincial Import and Export Committee and director of the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Committee
1981-83 Vice governor of Henan Province and secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee
1983-88 Vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and member of the Secretariat and deputy secretary of the federation's Leading Party Member Group 
1988-93 Minister of Labor (April-December 1988), secretary general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of the Government Offices of the State Council and secretary of the State Organs Work Committee Under the CPC Central Committee
1993-97 State councilor, secretary general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of the Government Offices of the State Council, secretary of the State Organs Work Committee Under the CPC Central Committee, and deputy secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee
1997-98 Member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor, secretary general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of the Government Offices of the State Council, secretary of the State Organs Work Committee Under the CPC Central Committee, and deputy secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of theCPC Central Committee
1998-2002 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor, member of the Leading Party Member Group of the State Council, and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee
2002- Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor, member of the Leading Party Member Group of the State Council, and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee
He was alternate member of the 12th CPC Central Committee and member of the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees, and is member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He was member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the 15th CPC Central Committee, and is member and Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.
(NO. 48 NOVEMBER 28, 2002)
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