Xu Shaoshi: Minister of land and resources

Xu Shaoshi, of Han nationality, is a native of Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province. He was born in October 1951, entered the workforce in April 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1974.

Career Data

2007- Minister of Land and Resources

2000-07 Deputy secretary-general of the State Council

1996-2000 Director of the Secretariat of the State Council

1993-96 Graduate student at Nankai University and student at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee

May 1993 - October 1993 director of the general office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

1988-93 Deputy director of the general office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

1986-88 Director of the minister's office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

1980-86 Official at the policy and regulation office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

1977-80 Undergraduate student at Changchun College of Geology