Liu Yandong is endorsed as the vice-premier of China's State Council at the sixth plenary meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Liu Yandong:

Liu Yandong, born in November 1945, is a female ethnic Han from Nantong, Jiangsu Province. She entered the workforce in March 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in July 1964. She studied political theory at the School of Administration at Jilin University, has an in-service postgraduate education and holds the degree of Doctor of Laws.

She is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice-premier, and member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council.

1964-1970 Student and political instructor, Department of Engineering Chemistry, Tsinghua University

1970-1972 Worker, technician and polycrystalline silicon workshop director, Kaiping Chemical Plant, Tangshan, Hebei Province

1972-1978 Worker; administrative secretary, Publicity Section, Party Committee; member, Party General Branch, Construction Headquarters; secretary, Party Branch, synthetic ammonia workshop; member, Standing Committee, Party Committee; and deputy chief and chief, Political Department; of Beijing Chemical Experiment Plant

1978-1980 Deputy secretary, Party Committee, Beijing Chemical Experiment Plant

1980-1981 Cadre, Organization Department, CPC Beijing Municipal Committee

1981-1982 Deputy secretary, CPC Chaoyang District Committee, Beijing

1982-1991 Member and executive member, Secretariat, the Communist Youth League (CYL) Central Committee; vice chairperson and chairperson, All-China Youth Federation

1991-1995 Deputy secretary-general, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; chairperson, All-China Youth Federation; and deputy head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee (1990-1994: studied sociological theory and methodology at the Department of Sociology at Renmin University of China while in service, and awarded master's degree)

1995-1998 Deputy head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, Central Institute of Socialism

1998-2001 Deputy head at the ministerial level, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, Central Institute of Socialism (1994-1998: studied political theory at the School of Administration at Jilin University while in service, and awarded doctorate degree)

2001-2002 Deputy head at the ministerial level, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, Central Institute of Socialism; vice president, Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2002-2003 Head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; secretary, Leading Party Members' Group, Central Institute of Socialism; vice president, Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2003-2005 Vice chairperson; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee; vice president, Soong Ching Ling Foundation

2005-2007 Vice chairperson; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee; head, United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee

2007-2008 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice chairperson; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee

2008-2009 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; state councilor; member, Leading Party Members' Group, State Council; vice chairperson; and deputy secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

2009-2013 Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; state councilor; member, Leading Party Members' Group, State Council

2013- Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; vice premier, State Council; member, Leading Party Members' Group, State Council

Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; member, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau, Seventeenth and Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Seventh NPC; member, Standing Committee, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth CPPCC National Committees; vice chairperson, Tenth CPPCC National Committee.