Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ), male, Han nationality, is the Vice-President of P. R. China, a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ) was born in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province ( 江西省吉安市 ), China in July 1939. He graduated from the Automatic Control Department, Beijing Institute of Technology. Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ), like the eight other members of the 16th Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee is an engineer, a specialist in automatic control systems. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1960. His father, Zeng Shan, was a Red Army veteran and went on to become vice-mayor of Shanghai in 1949 and minister of internal affairs in 1960. His mother, Deng Liuqin, was in charge of the Shanghai-based East China Kindergarten where the children of many senior officials were brought up.

From 1963 to 1989, Zeng emerged as a key party cadre in Shanghai. When Jiang Zemin ( 江泽民 ) was transferred to Beijing after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the one adviser he chose to take with him was Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ) . After transferring from Shanghai to Beijing with Jiang Zemin ( 江泽民 ), Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ) served as Deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee from 1989 to 1993.

Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ) promoted Jiang's leadership and thinking, built up his political networking, emerged as the right-hand-man to Jiang Zemin ( 江泽民 ) , and became the "core" of the third generation leaders. Over the 1990s, Zeng consolidated control of party organs responsible for the hiring and firing of cadres. From 1999-2002, Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ) was also a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, an alternate member of its politburo and a member of its Secretariat.

After the 16th Party Congress in 2002, he has been a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee, a member of its Political Bureau and of the Politburo Standing Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

Athough Jiang Zemin ( 江泽民 ) stepped down from the powerful Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China to make way for a younger "fourth generation" of leadership led by Hu Jintao ( 胡锦涛 ), Jiang Zemin ( 江泽民 ) will probably continue to wield significant influence with the help of Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ). Due in large measure to Zeng's efforts, six out of the nine new members of the Standing Committee, including Zeng Qinghong  (曾庆红 ) as well as Wu Bangguo ( 吴邦国 ), Jia Qinglin ( 贾庆林 ), Huang Ju ( 黄菊 ), Wu Guanzheng ( 吴官正 ), and Li Changchun ( 李长春 ) are linked to Jiang's "Shanghai Clique". The 22-member Politburo is elected by the Party's central committee.

Career Data of Zeng Qinghong ( 曾庆红 ):

1958 - 1963: Student, Beijing Institute of Technology, Automatic Control Department

1960: Joined, CPC

1963 - 1965: Technician, PLA, Services and Arms, Group Army, No. 743 Army Unit

1965 - 1969: Technician, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, Second Academy, No. 2 Department, No. 6 Office

1969 - 1970: Sent to do manual labor, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Chikan Base

1969 - 1970: Sent to do manual labor, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Xihu Production Base, HunanProvince

1970 - 1973: Technician, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building Industry, SecondAcademy, No. 2 Department

1973 - 1979: Technician, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Production Division, BeijingMunicipality

1973 - 1979: Technician, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Science and Technology Division, BeijingMunicipality

1979 - 1981: Secretary, State Development and Reform Commission, General Office

1981 - 1982: Deputy Division Director, State Energy Commission, General Office

1982 - 1983: Ministry of Petroleum Industry, Foreign Affairs Bureau (Worked at Liaison Department)

1983 - 1984: DeputyManager, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Liaison Department

1983 - 1984: Deputy Director, Ministry of Petroleum Industry, Foreign Affairs Bureau

1983 - 1984: Secretary, CPC, Party Committee, South and Yellow Seas Petroleum Corporation

1984 - 1986: Deputy Head, Head, CPC, Municipal Committee, Organization Department, ShanghaiMunicipality

1984 - 1986: Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1984 - 1986: Secretary General, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1986 - 1989: Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, ShanghaiMunicipality

1989 - 1993: Deputy Director, 13th CPC, Central Committee, General Office

1989 - 1993: Deputy Director, 14th CPC, Central Committee, General Office

1993 - 1997: Director, 14th CPC, Central Committee, General Office

1993 - 1997: Secretary, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Work Committee

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

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

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

1997 - 1999: Director, 15th CPC, Central Committee, General Office

1997 - 1999: Director, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Work Committee

1999 - 2002: Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Organization Department

2002 - : Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee

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

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

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

2003 - : Vice-President, People's Republic of China+