Xu ke, female, Han nationality, was born in 1956, entered the work force in 1974, and joined the CPC in 1975. She graduated from Norman Bethune Medical University with a Bachelor Degree in Medicine 1983 and from Beijing University with Master Degree in Law in 1995. From 2012 to 2013, she was Vice-Minister of the Ministrof Health and from 2013 to 2014 she was Deputy Director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.