Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ), male, Han nationality, is the chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10 NPC and member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ) was born in Feidong County, Anhui Province ( 安徽省肥东县 ), China in July, 1941. He joined the CPC in April 1964 and joined the workforce in September 1966. He graduated from the Department of Radio Electronics of Tsinghua University, having specialized in electron tube studies. As a university graduate, he holds the title of Engineer.

In the 1970s, Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ) worked in the electronics field in Shanghai and in the 1980s, became active in Party affairs in the city, becoming secretary of the CPC Shanghai municipal committee. Moving to Beijing to assume senior Party post, he also became vice premier of the State Council.

Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ) was an alternate member of the 12th and 13th CPC Central Committees, a member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the Politburo of the 14th CPC Central Committee. At the 4th Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee, Wu was elected as an additional member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. He was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and of its Politburo. In 2003, he gave up the position of vice-premier and became chairman of the standing committee of the NPC.

Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ) is currently a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 16th Central Committee. He is also a vice-premier of the State Council and a member of the State Council's Leading Party Group. He is Secretary of the Work Committee of Large Enterprises of 16th the CPC Central Committee.

Career Data of Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ):

1960 - 1967: Student, TsinghuaUniversity, Radio Engineering Department, BeijingMunicipality (Majored in electron tube studies.)

1964: Joined, CPC

1967 - 1976: Worker; Technician, Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory

1967 - 1976: Deputy Chief; Chief, Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory, Technical Section

1976 - 1978: Deputy Secretary, CPC, Party Committee, Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory

1976 - 1978: Deputy Director, CPC, Revolutionary Committee, Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory

1976 - 1978: Deputy Director, Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory

1978 - 1979: Deputy Manager, Shanghai Electronic Elements Company

1979 - 1981: Deputy Manager, Shanghai Electron Tube Company

1981 - 1983: Deputy Secretary, CPC, Party Committee, Shanghai Meters, Instruments and Telecommunications Bureau

1982 - 1987: Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee

1983 - 1985: Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1983 - 1985: Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality (In charge of Science and Technology.)

1985 - 1991: Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1987 - 1992: Alternate Member, 13th CPC, Central Committee

1991 - 1992: Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1992 - 1997: Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee

1992 - 1997: Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo

1992 - 1994: Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1994 - 1997: Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat

1995 - : Vice-Premier, State Council

1997 - 2002: Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee

1997 - 2002: Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo

1998 - ????: Secretary, CPC, Central Committee, Central Work Committee of Large Enterprises

1999 - ????: Member, CPC, Leading Party Group, State Council

2002 - : Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee

2002 - : Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee

2003 - : Chairman, 10th Standing Committee of the NPC