Wang Yang, ethnic Han, native of Suzhou, Anhui Province, born in March 1955. Joined the CPC in August 1975 and began working in June 1972. Graduated from the Party School of the CPC Central Committee completing a university education. Master of Engineering.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee.

1972-1976: Worker and workshop director of a food factory in Suxian Prefecture, Anhui Province.

1976-1979: Teacher of the May 7th Cadre School of Suxian Prefecture, Anhui Province; deputy head of one of its teaching and research section; and member of the school's CPC committee.

1979-1980: Student majoring in political economy in a program for theoretical publicity cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee1980-1981 Teacher of the Party school of the CPC Suxian Prefectural Committee in Anhui Province.

1981-1982: Deputy secretary of the CYLC Suxian Prefectural Committee in Anhui Province.

1982-1983: Chief of the publicity department of the CYLC Anhui Provincial Committee.

1983-1984: Deputy secretary of the CYLC Anhui Provincial Committee.

1984-1987: Deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Commission for Physical Culture and Sports and deputy secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1987-1988: Director of the Anhui Provincial Commission for Physical Culture and Sports and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group.

1988-1992: Deputy secretary of the CPC Tongling Municipal Committee, Anhui Province; acting mayor and mayor of Tongling (1989-1992: studied Party and government administration in an on-the-job undergraduate program of the Correspondence School under the Party School of the CPC Central Committee).

1992-1993: Director of the Anhui Provincial Planning Commission, secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group, and assistant governor of Anhui Province1993-1993 Deputy governor of Anhui Province.

1993-1998: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee, and deputy governor of Anhui Province.

(1993-1995: participated in an on-the-job graduate program run by the Department of Administration Science, Chinese University of Science and Technology, and graduated with a master's degree in engineering; March-May 1997: student of a further studies course for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee).

1998-1999: Deputy secretary of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee, and deputy governor of Anhui Province.

1999-2003: Vice minister of the State Development and Planning Commission, and member of its Leading Party Members' Group (September-November 2001: student of a further studies course for provincial and ministerial level cadres at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee).

2003-2005: Deputy secretary general of the State Council (at the ministerial level, in charge of the routine work of its General Office), and deputy secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of its organs.

2005-2006: Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee.

2006-2007: Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress.

2007- Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee.

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