Chen Xi 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 Chen Xi:

Chen Xi, male, Han ethnicity, was born in September 1953 and is from Putian, Fujian Province. He began his first job in December 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 1978. He graduated from Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University where he completed a graduate program in catalytic kinetics and was awarded a Master of Engineering degree. He is a research fellow.

Chen is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, and Deputy Head (in charge of routine work) of the CPC Central Committee Organization Department.

2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat

Deputy Head in charge of routine work, CPC Central Committee Organization Department

2013-2017 Deputy Head (minister level) in charge of routine work, CPC Central Committee Organization Department

2011-2013 Leading Party Members Group Secretary; Vice Chairman in charge of routine work; and First Member of the Secretariat, China Association for Science and Technology

2010-2011 Deputy Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee

2008-2010 Vice Minister of Education

Deputy Secretary, Leading Party Members Group of the Ministry of Education

2002-2008 Secretary (vice minister level), Party Committee of Tsinghua University

2000-2002 Executive Deputy Secretary, Party Committee of Tsinghua University

1993-2000 Party Committee Deputy Secretary; Trade Union Chairman; and Sports Commission Director, Tsinghua University

Was awarded the professional title of research fellow (Jul 1999)

Took a one-year training course for young and middle-aged officials at the Central Party School (1997-1998)

1992-1993 Teacher and Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1990-1992 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

1990 Teacher, Tsinghua University

Attended a short-term English training course at Beijing Language Institute

1987-1990 Member, Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University

Director, Student Affairs Department, Party Committee of Tsinghua University

Secretary, CYL Committee of Tsinghua University

1984-1987 Secretary, CYL Committee of Tsinghua University

Deputy Director, Student Affairs Department, Party Committee of Tsinghua University

Member, Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University

1982-1984 Director, Military Sports Department, CYL Committee of Tsinghua University

Deputy Secretary, CYL Committee of Tsinghua University

1979-1982 Studied for a Master's degree in catalytic kinetics at Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1979 Teacher, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University

1975-1979 Studied basic organic synthesis at Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

1970-1975 Worker, Machinery Plant, Fuzhou University

Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees

Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, 19th CPC Central Committee

Member, 16th and 17th Central Commissions for Discipline Inspection