Wu Bangguo

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Wu Bangguo 吴邦国
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 2003
Preceded by	Li Peng
Succeeded by	incumbent

Born	1941 Feidong, Anhui, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse	Zhang Ruizhen

Wu Bangguo (Traditional Chinese:吳邦國 , Simplified Chinese: 吴邦国, Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Bāngguó) (born July 1941) is a Chinese politician. He is currently chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a position generally recognized as the third-highest in the Chinese government power structure, but second in official party rankings.

Wu was born in Feidong County, Anhui province. Since 2003, he has served as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, ranking second in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy.

Wu was formerly vice premier under former Premier Zhu Rongji, but his rocky relationship with Zhu reportedly ruled out his chance of becoming premier himself after the latter's departure from office.

[edit] Career Timeline

1960-1967: Student, majoring in electron tube engineering at the Department of Radio Electronics of Tsinghua University.

1967-1976: Worker and technician at Shanghai No. 3 Electronic Tube Factory; deputy chief and chief of technical section.

1976-1978: Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai No. 3; deputy director of the revolutionary committee, deputy factory director, deputy secretary of the Party committee of the factory, and director of the factory.

1978-1979: Deputy manager of Shanghai Electronic Elements Company.

1979-1981: Deputy manager of Shanghai Electron Tube Company.

1981-1983: Deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Meters, Instruments and Telecommunications Bureau.

1983-1985: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and secretary of the CPC Municipal Committee in Charge of Science and Technology.

1985-1991: Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1991-1992: Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1992-1994: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1994-1995: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

1995-1997: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the State Council.

1997-1998: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the State Council.

1998-1999: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council and secretary of the Work Committee of Large Enterprises of CPC Central Committee.

1999-2002: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Member Group and secretary of the Central Work Committee of Large Enterprises.

2002-: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Member Group and secretary of the Work Committee of Large Enterprises of CPC Central Committee.