Wen Jiabao, ethnic Han, native of Tianjin, born in September 1942. Joined the CPC in April 1965 and began working in September 1967. Graduated from the Beijing Institute of Geology, majoring in geological structure. With a postgraduate education. Engineer.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, premier of the State Council and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1960-1965: Student majoring in geological surveying and prospecting of No. 1 Department of Geology and Minerals at Beijing Institute of Geology.

1965-1968: Postgraduate majoring in geological structure at Beijing Institute of Geology.

1968-1978: Technician and political instructor of the Geomechanics Team under Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau and head of its political section.

1978-1979: Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Geomechanics Team under Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau and deputy head of the team.

1979-1981: Deputy director and engineer of Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau.

1981-1982: Deputy director general of Gansu Provincial Geological Bureau.

1982-1983: Director general of the Policy and Law Research Office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources and member of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1983-1985: Vice-minister of Geology and Mineral Resources, member and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and director general of its Political Department.

1985-1986: Deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee.

1986-1987: Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee.

1987-1992: Alternate member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and concurrently director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and secretary of the Work Committee of Departments under the CPC Central Committee.

1992-1993: Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Work Committee of Departments under the CPC Central Committee.

1993-1997: Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

1997-1998 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee

1998-2002: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee.

2002-2003: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, member of its Leading Party Members' Group and secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee.

2003-: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, premier of the State Council and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

Member of the Thirteenth through Seventeenth CPC Central Committees. Alternate member of the Secretariat of the Thirteenth CPC Central Committee. Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Fourteenth CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the Fourteenth CPC Central Committee. Member of the Political Bureau of the Fifteenth CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the Fifteenth CPC Central Committee. Member and Standing Committee member of the Political Bureaus of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees.