Liu He is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Liu He:
Liu He, male, Han ethnicity, was born in January 1952 and is from Changli, Hebei Province. He began his first job in April 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1976. Liu graduated from Department of Industrial Economy, Renmin University of China where he completed an undergraduate program in industrial economy. He holds a Master of Economics degree and a Master of Public Administration degree. He is a research fellow and a professor.
Liu is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Office Director of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, and also Vice Minister and Leading Party Members Group Deputy Secretary of National Development and Reform Commission.
2017- Member, Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Director, General Office, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Vice Minister and Leading Party Members Group Deputy Secretary, National Development and Reform Commission
2014-2017 Director, General Office, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Vice Minister and Leading Party Members Group Deputy Secretary, National Development and Reform Commission
2013-2014 Director, General Office, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
Vice Minister and Leading Party Members Group member, National Development and Reform Commission
2011-2013 Leading Party Members Group Secretary and Deputy Director, Development Research Center of the State Council
Deputy Director, General Office, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
2003-2011 Deputy Director, General Office, Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs
2001-2003 Deputy Director and Leading Party Members Group member, State Council Informatization Office
Director, Advisory Committee for State Informatization
1998-2001 Executive Deputy Director (director general level), State Information Center
President, China Economic Information Network
1994-1998 Deputy Director General, Long-term Planning and Industrial Policy Department, National Planning Commission
Studied international finance and trade at Harvard Kennedy School and was awarded a Master of Public Administration degree (Jul 1994-Jun 1995)
1993-1994 Deputy Director, Policy Research Office, National Planning Commission
1991-1993 Chief, Industrial Structure Section, Long-term Planning and Industrial Policy Department, National Planning Commission
Visiting Scholar, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University (Jan 1992-Jan 1993)
1988-1991 Deputy Chief and Chief, Industrial Structure Section, Industrial Policy Department, National Planning Commission
1987-1988 Staff member, Comprehensive Industrial Bureau, National Planning Commission
1986-1987 Staff member, Development Research Center, State Council
1983-1986 Attended a graduate program in industrial economy at Department of Industrial Economy, Renmin University of China
1983 Teacher, Department of Industrial Economy, Renmin University of China
1979-1983 Studied management of industrial economy at Department of Industrial Economy, Renmin University of China No.2 Campus
1973-1979 Worker; administrative secretary of CYL Committee; and Secretary of CYL Committee, Beijing Radio Factory
1970-1973 Solider and vice squad leader, 2nd Company, 57th Battalion, Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, 112th Division, 38th Army, PLA
1969-1970 Educated youth, Wafang Commune, Taonan County, Jilin Province
Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committee
Member, Political Bureau, 19th CPC Central Committee.