Luo Gan, male, 66, Han nationality, 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 Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in the Democratic Republic of Germany. With a university education, he holds the title as a senior engineer.

He is now a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor, member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee.

1953-1954 Student at the Pressure Processing Department of Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering

1954-1955 Student of the German language at Karl Marx University in Leipzig in the Democratic Republic of Germany

1955-1956 Field practice at Leipzig Iron and Steel Plant and Leipzig Metal Casting Plant in the Democratic Republic of Germany

1956-1962 Student majoring in Machine Casting at Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in the Democratic Republic of Germany

1962-1969 Project group leader and technician of the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Under the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1969-1970 Sent to do manual work at the May 7th Cadre School Under the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1970-1980 Director of the Luohe Preparatory Office of the Mechanical Engineering Academy Under the First Ministry of Machine- Building Industry and deputy director of the Zhengzhou Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Under the First Ministry of Machine- Building Industry

1980-1981 Vice-chairman of the Henan Provincial Import and Export Committee and chairman of the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Committee

1981-1983 Vice-governor of Henan Province and secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee (the committee had a first secretary)

1983-1988 Vice-chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, member of the Secretariat of the federation and deputy secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the federation

1988-1993 Minister of Labor (April-December 1988), secretary- general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Government Offices of the State Council and secretary of the State Organs Work Committee of the CPC

1993-1997 State councilor, secretary-general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Government Offices of the State Council, secretary of the State Organs Work Committee of the CPC, and deputy secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee

1997-1998 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, state councilor and concurrently secretary-general of the State Council, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Government Offices of the State Council, secretary of the State Organs Work Committee of the CPC, and deputy secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC 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 Members' 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 Members' Group of the State Council, and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee

He was an alternate member of the 12th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He was a member of the Political Bureau of the 15th CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. He is a member of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee and a member of its Standing Committee.