Li Hongzhong is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Li Hongzhong:

Li Hongzhong, male, Han ethnicity, was born in August 1956 and is from Changle County, Shandong Province. He began his first job in August 1975 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1976. Li graduated from Department of History, Jilin University where he completed an undergraduate program in history. He is an economist.

Li is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2016-2017 Secretary, CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee

2011-2016 Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress

2010-2011 Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2008-2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

Governor, Hubei Province

2007-2008 Deputy Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

Acting Governor, Hubei Province

2005-2007 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

Secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress

2004-2005 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

Deputy Secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

Mayor, Shenzhen

2003-2004 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

Deputy Secretary, CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee

Acting Mayor, Shenzhen

2002-2003 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee

Vice Governor, Guangdong Province

2001-2002 Vice Governor, Guangdong Province

2000-2001 Secretary, CPC Huizhou Municipal Committee, Guangdong Province

1995-2000 Deputy Secretary, CPC Huizhou Municipal Committee, Guangdong Province

Acting Mayor; Mayor, Huizhou, Guangdong Province

Took a one-year training course for young and middle-aged officials at the Central Party School (1996-1997)

1988-1995 Vice Mayor, Huizhou, Guangdong Province (on secondment)

Chairman and Leading Party Members Group Secretary, Administration Committee of Zhongkai National High-tech Industrial Development Park in Huizhou (concurrently 1993-1995); and

Secretary, Leading Party Members Group, Administration Committee of Huizhou Daya Bay Industrial Area (concurrently 1990-1991)

1987-1988 Deputy Chief (director level), General Office of the Leading Party Members Group of the Ministry of Electronics Industry

1985-1987 Office secretary, General Office of the Ministry of Electronics Industry (deputy director level from Jul 1986)

1985 Office secretary, General Office of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee

1984-1985 Deputy Head, Documents Management Office, General Office, Shenyang Municipal Government, Liaoning Province

1982-1984 Staff member, Secretariat of the General Office, Shenyang Municipal Government, Liaoning Province

1978-1982 Studied history at Department of History, Jilin University

1975-1978 Educated youth; militia company commander; public security chief; CYL General Branch secretary; and deputy director of the revolutionary committee, Qiandou Brigade, Yaoqian Commune, Sujiatun District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province

Alternate member, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees

Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees

Member, 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau.