Liu Yunshan

The following is the biographical sketch of Liu Yunshan:

Liu Yunshan, male, 54, Han nationality, was born in July 1947, a native of Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1971 and began to work in September 1966. He was a graduate of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

He is now a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Office of the Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the CPC Central Committee.

1964-1968 Student of Jining Normal School, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1968-1968 Teacher of Baishi School of Tumd Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Autonomous Region

1968-1969 Sent to do manual labor in Sobugai People's Commune of Tumd Right Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1969-1975 Clerk of the Publicity Department of the CPC Tumd Right Banner Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1975-1982 Reporter, division head and member of the Leading Party Members' Group of Inner Mongolia Bureau of Xinhua News Agency (studying at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee from Mar. to Aug. 1981) Jul 1982-Feb. 1984 Deputy secretary of CYLC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and its Leading Party Members' Group

1984-1986 Deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1986-1987 Member of the Standing Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1987-1991 Member of the Standing Committee and secretary- general of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and concurrently secretary of Working Committee of the Organs Under CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1991-1992 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and secretary of the CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee

1992-1993 Deputy secretary of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and concurrently secretary of the CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee (taking correspondence course of the Central Party School, majoring in Party and government administration, from Aug. 1989 to Jun. 1992)

1993-1997 Deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee

1997-2002 Deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee (confirmed as ministerial level in Oct. 1997); head of the Office of the Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the CPC Central Committee

2002 - Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Office of the Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the CPC Central Committee

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Office of the Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the CPC Central Committee

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