Bo Xilai, ethnic Han, native of Dingxiang, Shanxi Province, born in July 1949. Joined the CPC in October 1980 and began working in January 1968. Graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, majoring in international journalism. Master of Arts.

1968-1972: Did manual labor in a "study class" during the "cultural revolution."

1972-1978: Worker of the Hardware and Machine Repair Plant under Beijing Second Light Industry Bureau.

1978-1979: Undergraduate student majoring in world history at the Department of History of Peking University.

1979-1982: Postgraduate student majoring in international journalism at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

1982-1984: Staff member of the Research Office of the Secretariat and of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee.

1984-1988: Served successively as deputy secretary and secretary of the CPC Committee of Jinxian County, Liaoning Province, and secretary of the CPC Committee of Jinzhou District of Dalian City (1985-1988: concurrently as deputy secretary and secretary, of Party Committee of Dalian Economic and Technological Development Area).

1988-1989: Member of the Standing Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee, Liaoning Province.

1989-1992: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee of Liaoning Province and vice mayor of Dalian City.

1992-1993: Deputy secretary of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee of Liaoning Province and acting mayor of Dalian City.

1993-1999: Deputy secretary of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee of Liaoning Province and mayor of Dalian City.

1999-2000: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee and mayor of Dalian City.

2000-2001: Deputy secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and acting governor of Liaoning Province.

2001-2004: Deputy secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee and governor of Liaoning Province.

2004-2007: Minister of Commerce, deputy secretary and then secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Commerce.

2007-2012: Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang has been appointed the secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Chongqing Municipal Committee, replacing Bo Xilai, according to a decision of the CPC Central Committee, Xinhua News Agency reported on March 15, 2012.

Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and his public office, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Sept. 28, 2012.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, announced the termination of Bo Xilai's post as an NPC deputy on Oct. 26, 2012.