biographical sketch of Zeng Peiyan

Zeng Peiyan, male, 63, Han nationality, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, was born in December 1938. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in September 1978 and started to work in September 1962. He graduated from the Electronics Faculty of the Radio and Electronics Department of Tsinghua University, with a university education, he holds the professional title as Senior Engineer (research fellow in rank).

He is now member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, deputy secretary general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group, minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission, secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Commission, and head of the Informationization Office of the State Council and secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Office.

1956-1962 Student majoring in electronics of the Radio and Electronics Department of Tsinghua University

1962-1964 Technician of the Shanghai Electrical Appliances Institute of the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry and chief of the Research Project Group of the Institute

1964-1965 Technician and group leader of the Rectifier Research Office of the Xi'an Switch and Rectifier Factory under the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1965-1982 Group leader, deputy head of the office and deputy chief engineer of the Xi'an Rectifier Institute under the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1982-1984 Second secretary and first secretary of the Commercial Counselor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in the United States

1984-1987 Head of the General Office and concurrently director- general of the Planning and Construction Department of the Ministry of Electronics Industry

1987-1988 Vice-minister of Electronics Industry and member of the Ministry's Leading Party Members' Group and concurrently director-general of the Ministry's Planning and Construction Department

1988-1991 Vice-minister of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry and member of the Ministry's Leading Party Members' Group (Studied at the Central Party School from September 1989 to November 1989)

1991-1992 Vice-minister of Machine-Building and Electronics Industry, deputy secretary of the Ministry's Leading Party Members ' Group and concurrently member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the China Electronics Industrial Corporation

1992-1993 Deputy secretary-general (ministerial rank) of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and vice- minister of the State Planning Commission

1993-1994 Deputy secretary general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and vice-minister of the State Planning Commission and deputy secretary of the Commission's Leading Party Members' Group

1994-1998 Deputy secretary general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and minister in charge of the State Planning Commission and deputy secretary of the Commission's Leading Party Members' Group

1998-2001 Deputy secretary general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission and secretary of the Commission's Leading Party Members' Group and deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee under the State Council (May 1998) and director of the office of the State Council Leading Group for Western China Development (January 2000)

2001-2002 Deputy secretary-general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission and secretary of the Commission's Leading Party Members' Group, deputy leader of the State Council Leading Group for Informationization, head of the office of the State Council Leading Group for Informationization and secretary of the Office's Leading Party Members' Group (October 2001), deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee under the State Council and head of the office of the State Council Leading Group for Western China Development

2002 - Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Deputy secretary-general of the Central Economic and Financial Leading Group and minister in charge of the State Development Planning Commission and secretary of the Commission's Leading Party Members' Group, deputy leader of the State Council Leading Group for Informationization, head of the office of the State Council Leading Group for Informationization and secretary of the Office's Leading Party Members' Group (October 2001), deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee under the State Council and head of the office of the State Council Leading Group for Western China Development

He served as an alternate member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and member of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

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