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
XINHUA Online (China View)
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 3/29/2016
Career Data Updated: 3/29/2016
Yu Shaoliang 于绍良
Former Vice-President of Xinhua News Agency
Born: 1964
Birthplace: Hebei Province, Zanhuang County
Biography
Yu Shaoliang, male, Han nationality, was born in Hebei Province. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Hebei University in July 1984.
Yu's first assignment was as a journalist in the Hebei Branch of Xinhua News Agency. He reported on economics for many years and once held posts such as the chief of the Industry and Commerce Office and the chief of Shijiazhuang Journalist Station. Yu covered the experience of Handan Steel Corporation for 8 years. Yu was later assigned to work in Shanxi, he compiled a lot of reports focusing on the development of western China and the project to reserve grassland or forests there.
He served as Vice-President of Xinhua News Agency from 2014 to 2016.
Career Data
| 2017— | Alternate Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 2014—2016 | Vice-President, Xinhua News Agency | |
| 1999—2014 | Vice-President, Xinhua News Agency, Shanxi Bureau Shanxi Province | |
| 1998—1999 | Chief, Xinhua News Agency, Hebei Branch, Editorial Department Hebei Province | |
| 1998—1999 | Senior Journalist, Xinhua News Agency, Hebei Branch Hebei Province | |
| 1995—1998 | Assistant to the Chief President, Xinhua News Agency, Hebei Branch Hebei Province | |
| Journalist, Xinhua News Agency, Hebei Branch Hebei Province | ||
| 1984 | Graduate, Hebei University, Chinese Department Hebei Province |
