KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Xi Jinping, male, Han ethnicity, was born to a middle-class family in June 1953 in Fuping, Shaanxi Province of China. He began his first job in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1974.
Xi graduated from School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University where he completed an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education. He holds a Doctor of Law degree.
Xi is the current president of China. He is also the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission.
Xi's political career:
2013
President, People's Republic of China
General Secretary, CPC Central Committee
Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission
Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission
2008-2013
Vice President, China
Vice-Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission
Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
President, Central Party School
Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
Vice President, PRC
President, Central Party School
2007-2008
Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
President, Central Party School
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Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Shanghai Garrison Command
2003-2007
Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region
2002-2003
Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region
Vice-Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province
Vice-Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
2000-2002
Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
Governor, Fujian Province
Vice-Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
Attended an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University and was awarded a Doctor of Law degree (1998-2002)
1999-2000
Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Fujian Province
Vice-Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
1996-1999
Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
1995-1996
Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region
1993-1995
Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region
1990-1993
Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Fujian Province
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress, Fujian Province
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region
1988-1990
Secretary, CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, Fujian Province
First Secretary, Party Committee of the Ningde Military Sub-region
1985-1988
Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, Fujian Province
Vice Mayor, Xiamen
1983-1985
Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province
First Political Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary, Zhengding County Military Affairs Department, Hebei Province
1982-1983
Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province
1979-1982
Office secretary, General Office of the State Council
Office secretary, General Office of the Central Military Commission (active duty)
1975-1979
Studied basic organic synthesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
1969-1974
Educated youth and Party branch secretary, Liangjiahe Brigade, Wen'anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province. Joined CPC.
(Source: China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency)
