Chen Quanguo is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Chen Quanguo:

Chen Quanguo, male, Han ethnicity, was born in November 1955 and is from Pingyu, Henan Province. He began his first job in December 1973 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in February 1976. Chen graduated from School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology where he completed an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering. He holds a Doctor of Management degree.

Chen is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee, and First Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Secretary, CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee

First Political Commissar, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

2016-2017 Secretary, CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee

First Political Commissar, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

2011-2016 Secretary, CPC Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee

2010-2011 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

Governor, Hebei Province

2009-2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

Acting Governor, Hebei Province

2004-2009 Deputy Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee

Attended an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering at School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology and was awarded a Doctor of Management degree (1999-2004)

2003-2004 Deputy Secretary, CPC Henan Provincial Committee

Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee

2001-2003 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee

Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee

2000-2001 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee

Head, Organization Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee

Vice Governor, Henan Province

1998-2000 Vice Governor, Henan Province

1996-1998 Deputy Secretary, CPC Luohe Municipal Committee, Henan Province

Mayor, Luohe

Attended a graduate program in economics at School of Business Administration, Wuhan University of Automobile Technology and was awarded a Master of Economics degree (1995-1997)

1994-1996 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Pingdingshan Municipal Committee, Henan Province

Head, Organization Department of the CPC Pingdingshan Municipal Committee

1992-1994 Member, CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province

Secretary, CPC Suiping County Committee, Henan Province

1988-1992 Secretary, CPC Suiping County Committee, Henan Province

1985-1988 Deputy Secretary-General, CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province

Chief, Policy Research Office of the CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee

1983-1985 Secretary (deputy director level), General Office of the CPC Zhumadian Prefectural Committee, Henan Province

1981-1983 Worked in Xindian Commune, Pingyu County, Henan Province

1978-1981 Studied political economy at Department of Economics, Zhengzhou University

1977-1978 Worker, Zhumadian Automobile Parts Plant, Henan Province

1973-1977 Served in the Artillery Regiment, the Third Division, the First Army of the PLA Ground Force

Alternate member, 17th CPC Central Committee

Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees

Member, Political Bureau, 19th CPC Central Committee