””””BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The following is a biographical sketch of Chen
Zhili, whose nomination as State Councillor was approved Monday at the First
Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC):
””””Chen Zhili
””””Female, of Han nationality, born in November 1942, native of Xianyou,
Fujian Province; joined the Communist Party of China (CPC)in January 1961;
associate research fellow.
””””Studied in the Physics Department of Fudan University, majoring in solid-state
physics, in 1959-1964; postgraduate at Shanghai Institute of Silicate
of China Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1964-1968 (joined "four clean-up" work
team from August 1965 to January 1967).
””””Labored in Danyang Lake Farm affiliated to the No. 6409 Army Unit of the
People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1968-1970; intern and associate research
fellow at the Shanghai Institute of Silicate of CAS in 1970-1980; visiting
scholar at the material research institute of the University of Pennsylvania,
United States, in 1980-1982.
””””Associate research fellow of the Shanghai Institute of Silicate of CAS, and
deputy secretary of CPC Committee of the institute in 1982-1984; deputy
secretary and secretary of Science and Technology Work Committee of CPC Shanghai
Municipal Committee, head of Publicity Department of CPC Shanghai Municipal
Committee in 1984-1988; a member of the Standing Committee, and head of
Publicity Department, of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee in 1988-1989.
””””Deputy secretary and head of Publicity Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal
Committee in 1989-1991; deputy secretary of CPC Shanghai Municipal
Committee in 1991-1997; secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group, and vice
minister, of State Education Commission in 1997-1998; minister of Education,
secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Education since
1998 (studied in the Party School of the CPC Central Committee in
September-November 2001).
””””Alternate member of the 13th and 14th CPC Central Committees; member of the
15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. Enditem
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