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Yu Zhengsheng

Yu Zhengsheng

Born in 1945, Zhejiang native Yu Zhengsheng graduated from Harbin's Military Engineering Institute specializing in the design of automated missiles. Yu was mayor of Qingdao and Yantai in his early political career. His brother Yu Qiangsheng defected to the US in 1985, dealing a heavy blow to Yu's political career. Yu became Minister of Construction in 1998, became a Politburo member in 2002, and Shanghai party chief in 2007. He was promoted to the Communist Party's top body, the 7-member Politburo Standing Commitee, during the 18th Party Congress in November 2012.

Born

5 Apr 1945

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Politics

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Former Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Yu Zhengsheng

CPPCC chair heads Xinjiang, Tibet affairs groups

4 Jun 2013 - 4:37AM

Warning over city becoming 'politicised'

14 May 2013 - 5:03AM

Hong Kong Sevens

Letters to the Editor, April 9, 2013

9 Apr 2013 - 3:36AM

City's politicians play tough game of 'pass the message'

As mainland officials rarely comment publicly on the city's issues under the "one country, two systems" principle, the central government's messages to the administration are often delivered behind closed doors. As a result, the media has to rely heavily on the messenger - usually a pro-establishment figure - to shed light on Beijing's views on Hong Kong matters.

20 Jun 2018 - 3:46PM

Politburo Standing Committee member Yu Zhengsheng

Parallel trading

Message within CPPCC chairman's remarks bears a reminder

Reading between the lines was a technique Western analysts used to find out what the Soviet Union was really up to during the Cold War when there was a dearth of reliable information.

3 Oct 2016 - 5:52PM

National education in Hong Kong

Who said it?

We need to more strictly follow the socialist path of political development with Chinese characteristics.

13 Mar 2013 - 3:00AM

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Western-style reform not on agenda, says CPPCC chief Yu Zhengsheng

29 Aug 2013 - 4:13AM

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the CPPCC, addresses the advisory body yesterday. Photo: Simon Song

Defector’s brother Yu Zhengsheng made chairman of CPPCC

A senior Chinese politician whose brother defected to the US in a major spy scandal was on Monday elected as chairman of the country’s highest-profile advisory organisation, state media reported.

12 Mar 2013 - 1:01AM

Flagging up fears over threat to Hong Kong's autonomy

12 Mar 2013 - 3:14AM

Activists hit back against Beijing leader's comments

The city's activists say comments by a state leader who denounced them for waving colonial flags infringed their freedom of speech and could stir further conflict. Hong Kong Autonomy Movement spokesman Vincent Lau hit back yesterday after Yu Zhengsheng, a Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member, was quoted as saying that "the Chinese people will not accept some Hongkongers waving the colonial flag".

8 Mar 2013 - 5:19AM

Yu Zhengsheng's words have offended some. Photo: Xinhua

Patriotic appeal states the obvious

8 Mar 2013 - 3:48AM

Yu Zhengsheng. Photo: Xinhua

Displays of Hong Kong's colonial flag offend Beijing

Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee - and tipped to be the next chairman of the nation's top advisory body - is the first high-level mainland official to address controversies involving Hong Kong.

15 Jun 2018 - 12:31PM

China leadership

Naming new leading officials will complete the transition of power

The annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference starting next week will not only formalise the transition of power to the fifth generation of leaders, but decide who will be filling most vacancies among leading officials.

25 Feb 2013 - 5:43AM

Baidu chief Robin Li among rich and famous taking their place at top table

Robin Li, Baidu chairman and the mainland's third-richest man, and Yu Zhengsheng, No 4 in the Communist Party hierarchy, were named to the country's top political advisory body yesterday as a new generation of leaders prepares for power.

3 Feb 2013 - 5:48AM

Yu Zhengsheng is in line to be named chairman of the CPPCC. Photo: Xinhua

18th Party Congress

Seven men who rule a billion

Who is Xi Jinping? Although he has finally risen to the supreme office in the world's most populous nation and second-largest economic power, Xi Jinping remains an enigmatic cipher - even to many of his fellow Communist Party apparatchiks.

16 Nov 2012 - 11:26AM

Politburo Standing Committee

18th Party Congress

Transparency calls at China congress face tough road

29 Aug 2013 - 4:13AM

18th Party Congress

Shanghai party boss Yu Zhengsheng open to assets scrutiny

10 Nov 2012 - 4:43AM

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18th Party Congress

Opinion | Shanghai civil servants hope for raise if 'stingy' Party chief gets promotion

20 Oct 2012 - 10:46AM

Civil servants in Shanghai secretly blame Yu Zhengsheng for keeping a tight grip on finances to burnish his image for Beijing. Photo: CNS

Yu Zhengsheng

Member of the Politburo Standing Committee

20 Nov 2012 - 6:17PM

18th Party Congress

Shanghai chief Yu Zhengsheng's well prepared to join party elite

1 Oct 2012 - 2:49PM

Yu returned as Shanghai party chief

23 May 2012 - 12:00AM

High praise for Shanghai party boss

6 Apr 2012 - 12:00AM

Party chief shows common touch via microblog

2 Mar 2012 - 12:00AM

Fast-food jibe revealed over U.S. pavilion at Expo

15 Sep 2011 - 12:00AM

Top cadre warns of 'political casino'

25 Jun 2011 - 12:00AM

Clean sweep of Shanghai cadres continues as morale sinks

29 Dec 2007 - 12:00AM

New Shanghai chief to work with regions

3 Nov 2007 - 12:00AM

New Shanghai party chief named

28 Oct 2007 - 12:00AM

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