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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

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 6/16/2008
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2009

PHOTO: Wang Xudong
Wang Xudong 王旭东
Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission; Vice-Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Born: 1946
Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Yancheng City

Biography

Wang Xudong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1946, joined the CPC in 1972, and graduated from Tianjin College for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology.

Wang's career has alternated between leadership positions in Tianjin, the Ministry of Electronics Industry and Hebei Province. In the early 1990's, Wang held Party positions in the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, and in June of 2000 he became Secretary of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee.

Wang Xudong was an alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is currently a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Career Data

2008— Vice-Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
2008— Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2003—2008 Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—2002 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Hebei Province
2000—2002 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Hebei Province
1997—2002 Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—2000 Deputy Head, CPC, Central Committee, Organization Department
1991—1993 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Tianjin Municipality
1983—1991 Head, CPC, Municipal Committee, Organization Department Tianjin Municipality
1983—1991 Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Tianjin Municipality
1982 Graduate, Tianjin College for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Tianjin Municipality (System Engineering Class)
1980—1982 Student, CPC, Central Committee, Central Party School
1978—1983 Director, Ministry of Electronics Industry, No.18 Research Institute
1974—1983 Deputy Secretary, PLA No. 1418 Research Institute CPC, Party Committee
1974—1983 Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Electronics Industry, No.18 Research Institute CPC, Party Committee (National Defence Science Committee)
1972 Joined, CPC
1969—1974 Secretary, PLA No. 1418 Research Institute CYLC, Institutional Level
1968—1969 Cultural Revolution, Sent to do manual labor Tianjin Municipality
1966—1967 Intern, PLA No. 1418 Research Institute (National Defence Science Committee)
1962—1967 Student, Wuxi Electronics Industry Institute Jiangsu Province, Wuxi City

Recent Travel & Appearances

18 Sep 09 Hu Jintao and topleaders attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
18 Sep 09 Hu Jintao and topleaders attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
05 May 09 Travelled to Kenya, Nairobi and met with the following:
• Raila Amollo Odinga (Prime Minister of Kenya)
• Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (Vice-President of Kenya)
Wang Jiarui met with Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga.
15 Mar 08 Wu Bangguo was reelected chairman of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
27 Feb 08 Hu Jintao delivered an important speech at the Second Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
18 Feb 08 Hu Jintao addressed a workship attended by delegates from the Party's Organization Department.
20 Jan 08 Wen Jiabao presided over the executive meeting of the State Council.
17 Oct 07 Hu Jintao presided over the second meeting of presidium of the 17th CPC National Congress.
15 Oct 07 Hu Jintao delivered a report at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
12 Oct 07 Hu Jintao delivered an important speech at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee.