Du Qinglin

杜青林Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceIn office
13 March 2008 – 14 March 2018
First-ranking between March 2013 and March 2018ChairmanJia Qinglin
Yu ZhengshengHead of the United Front Work DepartmentIn office
2 December 2007 – 31 August 2012General SecretaryHu JintaoPreceded byLiu YandongSucceeded byLing JihuaCommunist Party Secretary of SichuanIn office
3 December 2006 – 2 December 2007DeputyJiang Jufeng (Governor)Preceded byZhang XuezhongSucceeded byLiu QibaoMinister of AgricultureIn office
31 August 2001 – 29 December 2006Preceded byChen YaobangSucceeded bySun ZhengcaiCommunist Party Secretary of HainanIn office
19 February 1998 – 15 August 2001Preceded byRuan ChongwuSucceeded byBai Keming Personal detailsBornNovember 1946 (age 77)
Panshi, Jilin, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyResidenceBeijingAlma materNortheast Normal UniversityOccupationPolitician

Du Qinglin (Chinese: 杜青林; pinyin: Dù Qīnglín; born November 1946 in Panshi, Jilin City, Jilin) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He formerly serves as vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From 2007 and 2012 he served as the director of United Front Work Department of CCP.^[1]

Biography

Du graduated from law department of Jilin University with a master's degree. He joined the CCP in March 1966.

In early years, Du served in FAW Car Co., Ltd in Changchun and Communist Youth League Jilin committee. From September 1984 to 1991, he served as vice secretary of CCP Changchun municipal committee, a standing committee member of CCP Jilin committee, director of organization department in Jilin, and vice secretary of CCP Jilin committee. In March 1992, Du became the vice secretary of CCP Hainan committee. He was elected the chairman of Hainan People's Congress in February 1993. From February 1998 to August 2001, Du was the secretary of CCP Hainan committee. From August 2001 to December 2006, Du served as Minister of Agriculture. In December 2006, he became the secretary of CCP Sichuan committee, and was elected chairman of Sichuan People's Congress in January 2007. In December 2007, Du succeeded Liu Yandong as the director of United Front Work Department of CCP.

On March 13, 2008, Du was elected vice chairman of CPPCC. In November 2012, he was elected to the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, while continuing his term as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC.

Du was a member of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Government offices
Preceded by Chen Yaobang	Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China 2001–2006	Succeeded by Sun Zhengcai
Party political offices
Preceded by Ruan Chongwu	Communist Party Secretary of Hainan 1998–2001	Succeeded by Bai Keming
Preceded by Zhang Xuezhong	Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan 2006–2007	Succeeded by Liu Qibao