He Guoqiang

The following is the biographical sketch of He Guoqiang:

He Guoqiang, male, 58, Han nationality, a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan Province, was born in October 1943. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1966 and began to work in September 1966. He graduated from the Inorganic Chemistry Department, Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering where he had majored in Inorganics. With a university education, he holds the title as a senior engineer.

He is now a member of the Political Bureau and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

1961-1966 Student of inorganics at the Inorganic Chemistry Department, Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering

1966-1967 Stayed at the Institute waiting for job assignment

1967-1978 Technician, director and Party branch secretary of the synthesizing workshop of Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Plant in Shandong Province

1978-1980 Deputy director and deputy chief engineer of Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Plant in Shandong Province

1980-1982 Director of the Control Office, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Industry, Shandong Provincial Government

1982-1984 Deputy Director-General,Department of Chemical and Petroleum Industry, Shandong Provincial Government

1984-1986 Director-General,Department of Chemical and Petroleum Industry, Shandong Provincial Government

1986-1987 Member of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee

1987-1991 Member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee

1991-1996 Vice-minister of Chemical Industry,Deputy Secretary of the Ministry's Leading Party Members' Group

1996-1997 Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee Vice-governor, acting governor of Fujian Province

1997-1999 Deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee,Governor of Fujian Province

1999-2002 Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee

2002-2002 Head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee

2002- Member of the Political Bureau and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee

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