Ding Xuexiang 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 Ding Xuexiang:

Ding Xuexiang, male, Han ethnicity, was born in September 1962 and is from Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He began his first job in August 1982 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 1984. Ding graduated from School of Management, Fudan University where he completed an in-service graduate program in administration management. He holds a Master of Science degree. He is a professor-level senior engineer.

Ding is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, Deputy Director in charge of routine work of the CPC Central Committee General Office, and concurrently Director of the Chinese President Office.

2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat

Deputy Director in charge of routine work and concurrently Director of the Chinese President Office, CPC Central Committee General Office

2015-2017 Deputy Director in charge of routine work (minister level) and concurrently Director of the Chinese President Office, CPC Central Committee General Office

2013-2015 Deputy Director and concurrently Director of the Chinese President Office, CPC Central Committee General Office

2012-2013 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Secretary, Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2007-2012 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Secretary-General, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2006-2007 Deputy Secretary-General, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Director, General Office, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Secretary, Party Committee of the Organs under the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2004-2006 Deputy Head, Organization Department, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Director and Leading Party Members Group Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Personnel Bureau

Director, Shanghai Municipal Staffing Office

Vice President and Administration Committee Deputy Director, Party School of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Governance

2001-2004 Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhabei District Committee, Shanghai

Acting Head, Zhabei District

Head, Zhabei District

1999-2001 Deputy Director (director general level), Shanghai Municipal Science & Technology Commission

1996-1999 Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

1994-1996 Deputy Director, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

Attended an in-service graduate program in administration management at School of Management, Fudan University and was awarded a Master of Science degree (1989-1994)

1992-1994 Head, Section Nine, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

Attended a training course for young and middle-aged officials at the Party School of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee (Sep-Dec 1993)

1988-1992 General Office Director and Publicity Department Head, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

1984-1988 Deputy Director of General Office and Secretary of the CYL Committee, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

1982-1984 Scientific Researcher, Section Nine, Shanghai Materials Research Institute

1978-1982 Studied forging and pressing technology and equipment at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northeast China University of Heavy Machinery

Alternate member, 18th CPC Central Committee

Member, 19th CPC Central Committee

Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, 19th CPC Central Committee.