BEIJING - The following is the biographical sketch of Wang Huning:

Wang Huning, born in October 1955, is a male ethnic Han from Laizhou, Shandong Province. He entered the workforce in February 1977 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1984. He studied international politics at the Department of International Politics at Fudan University and was awarded the degree of Master of Laws. He is a professor.

He is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee.

1972-1977 Student, Foreign Languages Training Class, Cadre School, Shanghai Normal University

1977-1978 Cadre, Shanghai Publishing Bureau

1978-1981 Graduate student of international politics, Department of International Politics, Fudan University

1981-1989 Teacher, associate professor, and professor, Department of International Politics, Fudan University (1988-1989: visiting scholar, University of Iowa and University of California, Berkeley, USA)

1989-1994 Head, Department of International Politics, Fudan University

1994-1995 Dean, Law School, Fudan University

1995-1998 Head, Politics Division, Policy Research Office, CPC Central Committee

1998-2002 Deputy director, Policy Research Office, CPC Central Committee

2002-2007 Director, Policy Research Office, CPC Central Committee

2007-2012 Member, Secretariat, CPC Central Committee; director, Policy Research Office, CPC Central Committee

2012-  Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; director, Policy Research Office, CPC Central Committee

Member, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Secretariat, Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; member, Political Bureau, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.