The following is a biographical sketch of Huang Ju, who was approved as vice-premier of the State Council at the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC):

Male, born in September 1938, of Han nationality, native of Jiashan, Zhejiang Province.

Joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in March 1966; began to work in May 1963; graduated from the Department of Electrical Machinery Engineering of Qinghua University; engineer.

1956-1963 Student majoring in Electrical Machinery Manufacturing, Department of Electrical Machinery Engineering, Qinghua University.

1963-1967 Technician at Power Workshop and Cast Steel Workshop of Shanghai Artificial Board-Making Machinery Plant; secretary of the plant director.

1967-1977 Technician at Power Workshop of Zhonghua Metallurgical Plant in Shanghai; deputy secretary of the workshop' s CPC branch.

1977-1980 Deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanghai Zhonghua Metallurgical Plant; the plant's deputy director and engineer.

1980-1982 Deputy manager of Shanghai Petrochemical General Machinery Manufacturers Company.

1982-1983 Deputy director of Shanghai First Bureau of Electrical and Machinery Industry.

1983-1984 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and concurrently secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee for Industrial Work.

1984-1985 Member of the Standing Committee and concurrently secretary-general of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1985-1986 Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

1986-1991 Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and vice-mayor of Shanghai.

1991-1994 Deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and mayor of Shanghai.

1994-1995 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and mayor of Shanghai.

1995-2002 Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

2002- Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Alternate member of the 13th CPC Central Committee and member of the 14th, 15th and 16th CPC Central Committee.

Co-opted member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee.

Member of the Political Bureau of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committee.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of 16th Central Committee.