Zhao Leji
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Zhao Leji is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
) is a Chinese
People's Republic of China
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politician. He is a member of the 16th and 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
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, previously the secretary of the Qinghai
Qinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
CPC Committee, and chairman of the Standing Committee of Qinghai Provincial People's Congress, Zhao is now the Party chief in Shaanxi
Shaanxi
' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...
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Biography
He joined the Communist PartyCommunist Party of China
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in 1975 and entered Peking University
Peking University
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in 1977; he studied philosophy
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there until 1980. He then spent three years teaching at the Qinghai Provincial Commerce School before serving in various administrative and political roles in Qinghai.
Zhao became the provincial vice-governor in 1999 (having worked in the governor's office since 1993), and acceded to the post of governor in 2002; he was re-elected in 2003. In 2007, he was transferred to become party chief in Shaanxi
Shaanxi
' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...
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