Chen Lei, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing. He was born in 1954 and joined the CPC in 1980. Chen is a postgraduate of the Department of Irrigation and Water Conservancy of the North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power.
Chen Lei has held leading positions with the Ministry of Water Resources, in the China Irrigation and Drainage Company, as well as in the Comprehensive Development Management Center. He was appointed vice-minister of the Ministry of Water Resources in 2001.
He was Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources from 2007 to 2018 and he was also a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee.
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Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Finance and Economy |
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| 2013—2018 |
Minister, Ministry of Water Resources |
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| 2012—2017 |
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2007—2013 |
Minister, Ministry of Water Resources |
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| 2007—2012 |
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee |
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| 2005—2007 |
Executive Vice-Chairman, Autonomous Region People's Government |
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| 2005—2007 |
Member, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Standing Committee Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
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| 2005—2005 |
Vice-Chairman, Autonomous Region People's Government Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
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| 2004—2005 |
Member, Three Gorges Project Construction Committee |
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| 2001—2004 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Water Resources |
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| 2001—2004 |
Member, Ministry of Water Resources CPC, Leading Party Group |
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| 2000—2001 |
Director, Ministry of Water Resources, Planning Department |
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| 1996—2000 |
Director, Ministry of Water Resources, Rural Water Conservancy Department |
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| 1995—1996 |
Executive Deputy Director, Ministry of Water Resources, Comprehensive Development Management Center |
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| 1995—1995 |
General Manager, Ministry of Water Resources, China Irrigation and Drainage Company |
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| 1993—1995 |
Deputy General Manager, Ministry of Water Resources, China Irrigation and Drainage Company |
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| 1992—1993 |
Manager, Ministry of Water Resources, China Irrigation and Drainage Company, Project Planning Department |
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| 1989—1992 |
Associate Manager, Ministry of Water Resources, China Irrigation and Drainage Company, Project Planning Department |
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| 1985—1989 |
Clerk, Ministry of Water Resources, China Irrigation and Drainage Company, Technology Department |
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| 1982—1985 |
Graduate Student, North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower |
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| 1980—1982 |
Teacher, North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower |
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