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

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/25/2009
Career Data Updated: 3/25/2009

PHOTO: Liu Yunshan
Liu Yunshan 刘云山
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro; Director, CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
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 is now a member of the Politburo of the 17th CPC Central Committee and Director of the CPC Central Committee Propaganda Department.

Career Data

2007— Director, CPC, Central Committee, Propaganda Department
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central 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, Politboro, Secretariat
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2002 Deputy Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Publicity Department
1997—2002 Head, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Offices Under Central Committee, Office of Spiritual Civilization Steering Committee (Confirmed at ministerial level in Oct. 1997.)
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—1984 Deputy Secretary, CYLC, Autonomous Regional-Level Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
1982—1987 Alternate Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee
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

05 Mar 10 Wen Jiabao delivered a government work report during the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 11th NPC.
28 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Lantern Festival celebrations.
22 Feb 10 Hu Jintao presided over a meeting of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee.
12 Feb 10 Li Changchun visited the performers and crew of China Central Television's Lunar New Year gala program during their rehearsal.
12 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended the gathering, held by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council.
07 Feb 10 Xi Jinping urged improvement of the Party's role in leading the economic work.
06 Feb 10 Hu Jintao and top leaders attended Spring Festival celebration.
04 Feb 10 Wen Jiabao urged to boost development of social undertakings and improvement of people's livelihoods at a seminar for provincial and ministerial level officials.
01 Feb 10 Travelled to Shanghai Municipality
Liu Yunshan inspected the Shanghai World Expo News Center, International Broadcast Center and the Expo Park.
27 Jan 10 Zhou Yongkang urged making preparation for a central conference on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.


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