Zhang Gaoli, ethnic Han, native of Jinjiang, Fujian Province, born in November 1946. Joined the CPC in December 1973 and began working in August 1970. Graduated from the Department of Economics, Xiamen University, majoring in planning and statistics. With a university education.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

1965-1970: Student majoring in planning and statistics in the Department of Economics, Xiamen University.

1970-1977: Worker of the Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, secretary of its production headquarters office, secretary of the CYLC general branch of its political department, and deputy secretary of its CYLC committee.

1977-1980: Secretary of the general branch of the CPC committee and political instructor of the first workshop of the refinery of the Guangdong Maoming Petroleum Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, deputy secretary and secretary of the refinery Party committee.

1980-1984: Standing committee member of the Party committee of the Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company under the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry, director of its planning division, and deputy manager of the company.

1984-1985 Deputy secretary of the CPC committee of Maoming City, Guangdong Province, and manager of the Maoming Petroleum Industrial Company under SINOPEC

1985-1988: Director of the Guangdong Provincial Economic Commission and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1988-1992: Deputy governor of Guangdong Province (April-July 1990: participated in the training program for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Central Party School).

1992-1993: Deputy governor of Guangdong Province and concurrently director of the provincial planning commission and secretary of the commission's Leading Party Members' Group.

1993-1994: Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, deputy governor of Guangdong Province and concurrently director of the provincial planning commission and secretary of the commission's Leading Party Members' Group.

1994-1997: Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and deputy governor of Guangdong Province.

1997-1998: Standing committee member of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee.

1998-2000: Deputy secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Shenzhen City Committee.

2000-2001: Deputy secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress.

2001-2002: Deputy secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, acting governor and governor of Shandong Province.

2002-2003: Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and governor of Shandong Province.

2003-2007: Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial People's Congress.

2007-2007: Secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

2007-: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

Alternate member of the Fifteenth CPC Central Committees, member of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees, and member of the Political Bureau of the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee.