China Vitae : Biography of Gao Siren

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/9/2010
Career Data Updated: 3/9/2010

Gao Siren 高祀仁

Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC

Born: 1944

Birthplace: Shandong Province, Qingdao City

Biography

Gao Siren, male, is a native of Qingdao, Shandong province. He was born in 1944, joined the CPC in 1972, and graduated from the Hefei University of Technology. Gao is a postgraduate and engineer. Gao began his career at the Dabao Hill Mine in Guangdong province, where he was a member of the CPC Commission for Discipline Inspection until 1981. He has also held leading posts in the Shaoguan City CPC Committee, and served as mayor there in 1991.

Gao Siren was appointed Director of the liaison office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000. He was a member of the 14th-16th CPC Central Committees. He is now Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC.

Career Data

2008—2013	Chairman, 11th Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the NPC
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—	Director, Central People's Government, Liaison Office Hong Kong SAR
2000—2002	Deputy Director, Central People's Government, Liaison Office Hong Kong SAR
1999—2000	Vice-President, Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong Branch Hong Kong SAR
1998—1999	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Guangdong Province
1997—2002	Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1998	Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Guangdong Province
1992—1997	Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1991—????	Secretary-General, CPC, Provincial Committee Guangdong Province
1991—1998	Secretary, CPC, City Committee Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City
1991—????	Mayor, People's Government Guangdong Province, Shaoguan City
1984—1986	Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School, Training Department
1983—1991	Deputy Secretary, CPC, City Committee Guangdong Province, Shaoguan City
1979—1981	Deputy Secretary, Dabao Hill Mine, Fandong Iron Mine, CPC, Party Committee Guangdong Province
1979—1981	Director, Dabao Hill Mine, Fandong Iron Mine, Guangdong Province
1972—1979	Deputy Secretary, Dabao Hill Mine, Supply and Marketing Office, CPC, Party Committee Guangdong Province
1972—1972	Deputy Director, Dabao Hill Mine, Supply and Marketing Office, Guangdong Province
1972	Joined, CPC
1968	Graduate, Hefei University of Technology, Mining Engineering Department Anhui Province, Hefei City