Yu Zhengsheng, ethnic Han from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, born in April 1945. He joined the CPC in November 1964 and graduated from the Department of Missile Engineering at the Harbin Military Engineering Institute, majoring in automatic control systems of ballistic missiles.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1963-68: Student of automatic control systems of ballistic missiles, Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute

1968-71: Technician, Zhangjiakou No. 6 Radio Factory, Hebei Province

1971-75: Technician and leader, Qiaoxi Radio Factory, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province

1975-81: Technician and engineer, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1981-82: Assistant chief engineer, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry

1982-84: Deputy Director, Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology, Ministry of Electronics Industry; Chief, No.2 Systems Section, assistant chief engineer; and concurrently Director, Department of Microcomputer Management of the Administration for the Computer Industry; Deputy Director, Planning Department of the Ministry of the Electronics Industry

1984-85: Chief, Vice Chairman, Executive Council, and member, Leading Party Members' Group of the China Welfare Fund for Disabled Persons (December 1984: Departmental-bureau level; January-March 1985: Acting General Manager, China Kanghua Industrial Co. Ltd.)

1985-87: Deputy Secretary, CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province

1987-89: Deputy Secretary, CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province; Mayor, Yantai Municipal People's Government, Shandong Province

1989-92: Deputy Secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, Shandong Province; Deputy Mayor and Mayor, Qingdao Municipal People's Government, Shandong Province

1992-94: Member, Standing Committee, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; Secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee; Mayor, Qingdao Municipal People's Government

1994-97: Member, Standing Committee, CPC Shandong Provincial Committee; Secretary, CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee

1997-98: Secretary, Leading Party Members' Group; and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction

1998-2001: Minister and Secretary, Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Construction

2001-02: Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2002-03: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee; Chairman, Standing Committee, Hubei Provincial People's Congress

2003-07: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; Secretary, CPC Hubei Provincial Committee

2007-08: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee

2008-11: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee; First Executive Deputy Director, Organizing Committee; and Director, Executive Committee; for 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

2011-12: Member, Political Bureau, CPC Central Committee; Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee