Four female Chinese vice premiers since 1949

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Editor's note: Liu Yandong was announced as the vice premier of China's State Council at the sixth plenary meeting of the First Session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 16, 2013. Liu is the fourth female vice premier after Wu Guixian, Chen Muhua, and Wu Yi since the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949.

Liu Yandong is member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; vice premier; member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council.

Liu Yandong is member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; vice premier; member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council. Born in November 1945, Liu is an ethnic Han from Nantong, Jiangsu Province. She entered the workforce in March 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in July 1964. She studied political theory at the School of Administration at Jilin University, has an in-service postgraduate education and holds the degree of Doctor of Laws. [Xinhua photo]


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