Chen Baosheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Baosheng
陈宝生
Minister of Education
In office 2 July 2016 – 20 August 2021
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Yuan Guiren
Succeeded by	Huai Jinpeng
Personal details
Born	May 1956 (age 68) Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Peking University Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈宝生
Traditional Chinese	陳寶生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Bǎoshēng

Chen Baosheng (Chinese: 陈宝生; pinyin: Chén Bǎoshēng; born May 1956) is a Chinese politician and academic administrator. He was once the Minister of Education, and the party chief and vice-president of the China National School of Administration and vice-president of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chen was born in Lanzhou, Gansu province. He has been a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1984. He has degree from Peking University in political economics. He worked in Gansu province, working in policy research and economic development. He was the CCP Committee Secretary of Jiuquan prior to the area's conversion to a prefecture-level city. In April 2002 he was named to the provincial Party Standing Committee of Gansu, then became the head of the provincial propaganda department. In November 2004 he was named party chief of Lanzhou. In June 2008 he was transferred to Beijing to become vice-president of the CCP Central Party School. On March 20, 2013, he became the party chief and vice-president of the China National School of Administration.^[1] On July 2, 2016, he was appointed as Minister of Education.^[2]

He has been an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 18th and the 19th Central Committees.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "中华人民共和国国务院任免员". Government of China. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
2. "Top legislature concludes bi-monthly session". Xinhua. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-02.

Party political offices
Preceded by Chen Xueheng [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Jiuquan 1999–2002	Succeeded by Yang Yurogn
Preceded by Ma Xilin	Head of Propaganda Department of Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2002–2004	Succeeded by Li Xiaojie [zh]
Preceded by Wang Jun	Communist Party Secretary of Lanzhou 2004–2008	Succeeded by Lu Wucheng
Government offices
Preceded by Yuan Guiren	Minister of Education 2016–2021	Succeeded by Huai Jinpeng