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The following is the biographical sketch of Liu Yunshan:

Liu Yunshan, born in July 1947, is a male ethnic Han from Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He entered the workforce in September 1966 and joined the CPC in April 1971. He received a university education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of its Secretariat and head of its Publicity Department.

1964-1968 Student, Jining Teachers' College, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1968-1969 Teacher, Bashi School, Tumd Left Banner; and worker, Sobugai Commune, Tumd Right Banner; of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1969-1975 Administrative secretary, Publicity Department, CPC Tumd Right Banner Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1975-1982 Reporter and deputy chief, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Section; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Inner Mongolia Bureau of Xinhua News Agency (March - August 1981: student, Central Party School)

1982-1984 Deputy secretary of the CYL Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and of its Leading Party Members' Group

1984-1986 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1986-1987 Member, Standing Committee; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1987-1991 Member, Standing Committee; and secretary-general; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, Working Committee of Organs Directly under the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1991-1992 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee

1992-1993 Deputy secretary, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; and concurrently secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee (1989-1992: student of Party and government administration, Correspondence School, Central Party School)

1993-1997 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee

1997-2002 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee (October 1997: ministerial level); head, General Office, Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress

2002-2012 Member, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Central Committee

2012- Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Central Committee

Alternate member, Twelfth and Fourteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.