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Zhang Baoshun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. He was born in 1950 and joined the CPC in 1971. He received a master‘s degree in economics from the Economic Management Institute of Jilin University in 1992.

The early part of Zhang‘s career was spent in the city of his birthplace, Qinhuangdao. Before joining the CPC, he spent several years working for the Qinhuangdao Harbor Administration. In 1968, he became a stevedore and later rose to become the deputy secretary of the CPC Committee at the Qinhuangdao Harbor Administration.

In the mid 1970s, Zhang began an association with the CYLC. In 1973, he was made secretary of the CYLC at the Qinhuangdao Harbor Administration. From there, he deputy director of the committee‘s youth work department. In 1985, he became a member of secretariat of the CYLC Central Committee.

In 1993, Zhang became the Vice-President of the Xinhua News Agency. Two years later, the China Newspapers Association made him their Vice-President. In 1997, he served as the secretary of the CPC Committee of the Xinhua News Agency.

Recent Career Data

2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2004—	Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Shanxi Province
2004—2005	Governor, People's Government Shanxi Province
2004—2004	Acting Governor, People's Government Shanxi Province
2004—2004	Vice-Governor, People's Government Shanxi Province
2002—2007	Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2001—2004	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Shanxi Province
2001—	Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Shanxi Province
1998—2001	Secretary, Xinhua News Agency CPC, Leading Party Group
1998—2003	Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Subcommittee for Handling Proposals

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