BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Du Qinglin:

Du Qinglin, born in November 1946, is a male ethnic Han from Panshi, Jilin Province. He entered the workforce in July 1964 and joined the CPC in March 1966. He graduated from the School of Economics and Management at Jilin University with a major in national economic planning and management. He received a postgraduate education while in service and was awarded the degree of Master of Economics.

He is currently a member of the secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and vice chairman and member of Leading Party Members' Group of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee.

1964-1966 Took a training class for young cadres at the Party School of the CPC Jilin Municipal Committee in Jilin Province; team member and deputy head, socialist education task forces of Liuhe, Yongji and Shulan counties

1966-1968 Cadre, Organization Department, CPC Jilin Municipal Committee, Jilin Province

1968-1974 Secretary, Party Committee; director, Extrusion Workshop; and secretary, Party Branch; of Standard Parts Sub Plant, China First Auto Works, Changchun

1974-1978 Deputy director, Revolutionary Committee; deputy manager; and deputy secretary, Party Committee; of Standard Parts Sub Plant, China First Auto Works, Changchun

1978-1979 Secretary, CYL Jilin Municipal Committee, Jilin Province

1979-1984 Deputy secretary and secretary, CYL Jilin Provincial Committee (1981-1984: correspondence student of political education, Northeast Normal University)

1984-1985 Deputy secretary, CPC Changchun Municipal Committee, Jilin Province

1985-1988 Member, Standing Committee; and director, Organization Department; of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee

1988-1988 Deputy secretary; secretary, Committee of Judicial, Procuratorial and Public Security Affairs; and director, Organization Department; of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee

1988-1992 Deputy secretary; and secretary, Committee of Judicial, Procuratorial and Public Security Affairs; of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee (03/1990-05/1990: took advanced training class for provincial- and ministerial-level cadres at the Central Party School)

1992-1993 Deputy secretary, CPC Hainan Provincial Committee (1989-1992: took undergraduate distance learning courses in law at the Department of Law at Jilin University)

1993-1998 Deputy secretary, CPC Hainan Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Hainan Provincial People's Congress (1994-1996: studied national economic planning and management in an in-service postgraduate program at the School of Economics and Management at Jilin University; and awarded the degree of Master of Economics)

1998-2001 Secretary, CPC Hainan Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Hainan Provincial People's Congress (09/2000-11/2000: took advanced training class for provincial- and ministerial-level cadres at the Central Party School)

2001-2006 Minister; and secretary, Leading Party Members'  Group; of the Ministry of Agriculture

2006-2007 Secretary, CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee; chairman, Standing Committee, Sichuan Provincial People' s Congress

2007-2008 Head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee

2008-2012 Vice chairman; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee; head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee (no longer served as of August 2012)

2012- Member, Secretariat, CPC Central Committee; vice chairman; member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Eleventh CPPCC National Committee

Alternate member, Fourteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Fifteenth, through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Sixth CPPCC National Committee; vice chairman, Eleventh CPPCC National Committee.