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
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 10/29/2007
Career Data Updated: 11/2/2007
Yu Zhengsheng
Member of the Politburo of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
Born: 1945
Birthplace: Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing City
Biography
Yu Zhengsheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1945, joined the CPC in 1964, and graduated from the Harbin Military Engineering Institute.
Yu worked for the Ministry of Electronics Industry for several years prior to becoming mayor of Qingdao City. He also served in various leadership roles for a national organization benefiting the disabled. In 1998, he became Minister of Construction.
Yu was an alternate member of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee Politburo.
In 2007, Yu became secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and a member of the Politburo of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
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