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

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

People's Daily Online


XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 1/16/2013
Career Data Updated: 3/7/2018

PHOTO: Liu Yunshan
Liu Yunshan 刘云山
Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee; President, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
Born: 1947

Biography

Liu Yunshan, male, Han nationality, was born in July 1947, a native of Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He joined the CPC in April 1971 and joined the workforce in September 1966. He is a graduate of the Central Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

From the late 1970s into the 1990s, Liu worked in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, first as a reporter and public relations specialist, and then as a Party official. He became deputy secretary of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee.

Liu was an alternate member of the 12th and 14th CPC Central Committees and a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. He was also head of the Publicity Department of the 16th CPC Central Committee and head of the Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Liu was a member of the Politburo of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

He served as Director of the CPC Central Committee Propaganda Department from 2007 to 2012 and in 2012 he was elected member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee. In 2013 he became President of the Party School of CPC Central Committee.

Career Data

2017— Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Party-Building
2017— Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Internet Security and Informationization
2013— President, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—2012 Director, CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
2002— Director, CPC, Central Committee, Civilization Committee
2002—2007 Head, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee
2002—2007 Director, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002 Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee (Confirmed at ministerial level in Oct. 1997.)
1997—2002 Deputy Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1997 Deputy Head, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1992—1993 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1991—1993 Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Chifeng City
1989—1992 Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School (Correspondence course in Party and Government Administration.)
1987—1991 Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Institutions of Higher Learning Work Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1987—1991 Secretary-General, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1986—1992 Member, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Standing Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1986—1987 Head, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Publicity Department Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1984—1986 Deputy Head, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee, Publicity Department Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1984 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Autonomous Regional Committee CPC, Leading Party Group Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1987 Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
1982—1984 Deputy Secretary, CYLC, Autonomous Regional-Level Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1981—1981 Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1975—1982 Member, Xinhua News Agency CPC, Leading Party Group Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1975—1982 Reporter, Division Head, Xinhua News Agency Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1971 Joined, CPC
1969—1975 Clerk, Publicity Department, CPC, Autonomous Prefectural Committee Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1968—1969 Sobugai People's Commune Cultural Revolution, Sent to do manual labor Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1968—1968 Teacher, Baishi School Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tumd Right Banner
1964—1968 Student, Jining Normal School Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region


Recent Travel & Appearances

25 Oct 17 Xi meets congress delegates
24 Oct 17 CPC congress concludes, opening new chapter for new era
18 Oct 17 CPC creates Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
18 Oct 17 CPC speeds up modernization drive toward "great" socialist China
30 Sep 17 China to open wider, share development opportunities
30 Sep 17 National day reception to warmly celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China
25 Sep 17 Xi calls for persistently pursuing Chinese dream of national rejuvenation
20 Sep 17 Travelled to Cambodia, Phnom Penh and met with the following:
Samdech Techo Hun Sen (Cambodian Prime Minister)
China, Cambodia agree to cement bilateral cooperation, party-to-party exchange
19 Sep 17 Travelled to Cambodia, Phnom Penh and met with the following:
Samdech Say Chhum ( Senate President of Cambodia)
China, Cambodia agree to strengthen bilateral relations
19 Sep 17 Travelled to and met with the following:
Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Vietnamese Prime Minister)
Stable, healthy China-Vietnam ties to greatly benefit both countries

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