Zeng Qinghong －－ Politburo Standing Committee Member of CPC Central Committee   2002-11-15 17:06:57 The following is the biographical sketch of Zeng Qinghong: Zeng Qinghong, male, 62, Han nationality, a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, was born in July 1939. He joined the Communist Party of China （CPC） in April 1960 and began working in July 1963. He graduated from the Automatic Control Department, Beijing Institute of Technology. He is a university graduate and engineer. He is now member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. 1958－1963 Student of the Automatic Control Department, Beijing Institute of Technology 1963－1965 Technician of No. 743 Army Unit, the People's Liberation Army （PLA） 1965－1969 Technician of No. 6 Office, No. 2 Department of the Second Academy, the Seventh Ministry of Machine－Building Industry 1969－1970 Sent to do manual labor at the Chikan base of the Guangzhou troops and at the Xihu production base in Hunan Province 1970－1973 Technician of No. 2 Department of the Second Academy, the Seventh Ministry of Machine－Building Industry 1973－1979 Technician of Production Division and Science and Technology Division, Beijing Office of National Defense Industry 1979－1981 Secretary of the General Office of the State Planning Commission 1981－1982 Deputy division director of the General Office of the State Energy Commission 1982－1983 Worked at the Liaison Department of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry 1983－1984 Deputy manager of the Liaison Department of China National Offshore Oil Corporation； deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry； secretary of the Party Committee of the South and Yellow Seas Petroleum Corporation 1984－1986 Deputy head and head of the Organization Department, and member of the Standing Committee of and secretary－general of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC 1986－1989 Deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee 1989－1993 Deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee 1993－1997 Director of the General Office of CPC Central Committee； secretary of the Work Committee for Offices Directly Under the CPC Central Committee 1997－1999 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee； member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee； director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee； secretary of the Work Committee for Offices Directly Under the CPC Central Committee 1999－2002 Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee； member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee； and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee 2002－ Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee He was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, an alternate member of its political bureau and member of its Secretariat. He is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, a member of its Political Bureau and of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.