Wu Bangguo at present is the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. This position is the third-highest in the Chinese government power structure, but second in official party rankings.
Born in Anhui province in 1941, Bangguo in 1960-1967 majored in electron tube engineering at the Department of Radio Electronics of Tsinghua University.
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After completing his engineering, he began his career in 1967 as a technician at Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory. He soon became Deputy Chief and Chief of Technical Section. He worked here till 1976.
1976-1978: Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai No. 3; deputy director of the revolutionary committee, deputy factory director, deputy secretary of the Party committee of the factory, and director of the factory.
1978-1979: Deputy manager of Shanghai Electronic Elements Company.
1979-1981: Deputy manager of Shanghai Electron Tube Company.
1981-1983: Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Meters, Instruments and Telecommunications Bureau.
1983-1985: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and secretary of the CPC Municipal Committee in Charge of Science and Technology.
1985-1991: Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.
1991-1992: Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.
1992-1994: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.
1994-1995: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.
1995-1997: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the State Council.
1997-1998: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the State Council.
1998-1999: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council and secretary of the Work Committee of Large Enterprises of CPC Central Committee.
1999-2002: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Member Group and secretary of the Central Work Committee of Large Enterprises.
2002-: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Member Group and secretary of the Work Committee of Large Enterprises of CPC Central Committee.
Since 2003 he’s been serving as the Chairman of the Standing Committee. He was Vice sPremier during the reign of Zhu Rongji.
