China Vitae : Biography of Yao Jiannian

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Biography Revised: 6/11/2010
Career Data Updated: 6/11/2010

Yao Jiannian 姚建年

Member of the 11th NPC Standing Committee; Member of the 11th NPC Credentials Committee; Member of the 11th NPC Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee; Deputy Director, State Natural Sciences Foundation

Born: 1953

Birthplace: Fujian Province, Jinjiang City

Biography

Yao Jiannian, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jinjiang City, Fujian Province. He was born in 1953 and graduated from Department of Chemistry of Fujian Normal University with a Bachelor Degree in 1982. Yao was Deputy Director of Institute of Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Science and Director Assistant of Research Center of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, from 1999 to 2008. In 2007, he was elected as Vice-Chairman of Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party Central Committee, Currently, Yao serves as Member of 11th NPC Standing Committee, Member of 11th NPC Credentials Committee; Member of the 11th NPC Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee, and Deputy Director of State Natural Sciences Foundation.

Career Data

2008—2013	Member, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC
2008—2013	Member, 11th Credentials Committee of the NPC
2008—2013	Member, 11th Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the NPC
2007—	Vice-Chairman, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee
	Deputy Director, State Natural Sciences Foundation
2006	Joined, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party
2005—	Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1999—2008	Deputy Director, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Research Institute Beijing Municipality
1995—1999	Assistant to the Director, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Light-Sensitive Chemistry Institute
1990—1993	Student, University of Tokyo, Industrial Science Department Japan, Tokyo (Received Doctorate)
1987—1990	Student, University of Tokyo, Industrial Science Department Japan, Tokyo (Received Masters)
1982—1987	Lecturer, Fujian Normal University, Chemistry Department Fujian Province, Fuzhou City
1978—1982	Student, Fujian Normal University, Chemistry Department Fujian Province, Fuzhou City