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Biography Revised: 5/3/2013
Career Data Updated: 5/3/2013

PHOTO: Liu Qi
Liu Qi 刘淇
Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Guiding Ethic and Cultural Progress
Born: 1942

Biography

Liu Qi, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wujin, Jiangsu Province. Lui was born in November 1942, joined the CPC in September 1975 and entered the workforce in June 1968. Liu graduated from the Metallurgical Department of Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering, majoring in iron smelting. With a postgraduate education, he holds the professional title of Senior Engineer, equivalent in rank to the title of Professor.

Liu worked in Wuhan in the iron and steel industry throughout from the 1960s through the 1980s. By 1990 he was manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel Company, one of China's largest steel plants. Later in the 1990s, he moved to Beijing as minister of Metallurgy and later as minister of Metallurgical Industry. In the late 1990s, Liu was active in Beijing Party affairs and in government, becoming secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and mayor of Beijing. From 2002 - 2012 he was secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee.

Liu was an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. Liu is a member of the Politboro of the 17th CPC Central Committee, a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

In 2012, he became Deputy Director of the CPC Central Guidance Committee on Ethical and Cultural Construction.

Career Data

2012— Deputy Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central Commission for Guiding Ethic and Cultural Progress
2007—2012 Chairman, Chinese Olympic Committee Beijing Municipality
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2012 Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality
1999—2003 Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality
1998—1999 Vice-Mayor, People's Government Beijing Municipality
1998—2002 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Beijing Municipality
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1998 Secretary, Ministry of Metallurgical Industry CPC, Leading Party Group
1993—1998 Minister, Ministry of Metallurgical Industry
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1990—1993 Manager, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company
1985—1993 Member, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company CPC, Party Committee, Standing Committee
1985—1990 First Deputy Manager, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company
1983—1985 Head, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company, Production Department
1983—1985 Deputy Director, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company, Steel Works
1978—1983 Technician and Deputy Head, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company, Steel Works, No.3 Blast Furnace
1975 Joined, CPC
1968—1978 Gas Controller, Furnaceman and Founder, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company, Steel Works, No.2 Blast Furnace
1964—1968 Student, Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering, Metallurgical Department (Postgraduate, majoring in iron smelting.)
1959—1964 Student, Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering, Metallurgical Department (Majored in iron smelting.)


Recent Travel & Appearances

21 May 12 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Jozef Olesky (Former Prime Minister of Poland)
Senior CPC official meets former Polish PM
24 Apr 12 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
John Kiyonga Munyes (Chairman of FORD-Kenya and Kenya's Minister of Labor)
Liu Qi vows to promote friendly ties with Kenya
27 Mar 12 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
Mwai Kibaki (President of Kenya)
Senior Chinese official meets Kenya President
27 Mar 12 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
Mwai Kibaki (President of Kenya)
Senior Chinese official meets Kenya President
27 Mar 12 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
Raila Odinga (Prime Minister of Kenya)
Chinese auto maker sets eyes on market in Africa
27 Mar 12 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
Mwai Kibaki (President of Kenya)
Kenyan president meets with CPC delegation on friendly ties with China
26 Mar 12 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
Raila Odinga (Prime Minister of Kenya)
Liu Qi meets with Kenyan PM on closer ties
23 Mar 12 Travelled to Zimbabwe, Harare
Zimbabwe, China to strengthen party-to-party ties
20 Mar 12 Travelled to Angola, Luanda and met with the following:
Jose Eduardo dos Santo (Angolan President and Chairman of the ruling MPLA party)
Angolan president meets with CPC delegation
20 Mar 12 Travelled to Angola, Luanda and met with the following:
Jose Eduardo dos Santos (Angolan President and Chairman of the ruling MPLA party)
Angolan president meets with CPC delegation

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