Wang Chen 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 Wang Chen:
Wang Chen, male, Han ethnicity, was born in December 1950 and is from Beijing. He began his first job in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1969. Wang graduated from Department of Journalism, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences where he completed a graduate program in journalism and holds a Master of Arts degree. He is a senior editor.
Wang is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), as well as a member of its Leading Party Members Group and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group for the Organs under the NPC Standing Committee.
2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC
Secretary-General, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC (concurrently)
Member, Leading Party Members Group, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC
Secretary, Leading Party Members Group for the Organs under the 12th NPC Standing Committee
2013-2017 Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC
Secretary-General, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC (concurrently)
Member, Leading Party Members Group, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC
Secretary, Leading Party Members Group for the Organs under the 12th NPC Standing Committee
2008-2013 Deputy Head, CPC Central Committee Publicity Department
Director, International Communications Office, CPC Central Committee
Director, State Council Information Office
Director, Cyberspace Administration Office of China
2006-2008 President, People's Daily
2003-2006 President, People's Daily
Vice Chairman, All-China Journalists' Association
Took a continuing studies course for provincial- and ministerial-level officials at the Central Party School (Mar-May 2006)
2002-2003 President, People's Daily
Editor-in-Chief, People's Daily
Vice Chairman, All-China Journalists' Association
2001-2002 Editor-in-Chief, People's Daily
Vice Chairman, All-China Journalists' Association
2001-2001 Editor-in-Chief, People's Daily
2000-2001 Deputy Head, CPC Central Committee Publicity Department
1995-2000 Editor-in-Chief, Guangming Daily
1986-1995 Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Guangming Daily
Took a continuing studies course for provincial- and ministerial-level officials at the Central Party School (Sep-Nov 1991)
1984-1986 Director, Editor-in-Chief's Office, Guangming Daily
1984-1984 Director, Department on Mass Work, Guangming Daily
1982-1984 Reporter, Department on Political and Economic News, Guangming Daily
Deputy Director, Department on Mass Work, Guangming Daily
1979-1982 Studied for a Master's degree in journalism at Department of Journalism, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1974-1979 Reporter, Department on Domestic News, Guangming Daily
1973-1974 Staff member, General Office, CPC Yan'an Prefectural Committee, Shaanxi Province
1970-1973 Staff member, Publicity Department, CPC Yijun County Committee, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province
Staff member, General Office, CPC Yijun County Committee, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province
1969-1970 Educated youth, Yijun County, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province
Member, 16th through 19th CPC Central Committees
Member, Political Bureau, 19th CPC Central Committee
Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the 12th NPC
Member, 9th CPPCC National Committee.