Shen Yueyue (; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician, former regional official, and is the current President of the

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, and a Vice-Chairwoman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. In her early career she served in Zhejiang province, before going to Anhui province and later the

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Biography

Born in

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

, Zhejiang Province, She started working in April 1977 as a clerk at a local food store. From June 1978 to July 1980, she studied at Ningbo Normal College, majoring in mathematics. She joined the Chinese Communist Party in September, 1981. After that, she became a teacher at Ningbo 7th High School, and deputy secretary of

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committee of the school. In August, 1983, Shen was elevated to vice secretary of CYL Ningbo committee and became the secretary a year later. In November 1986, Shen became the vice secretary of CYL Zhejiang committee, and was promoted to secretary in November 1991. In March 1993, she was appointed as Deputy Party Secretary

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, the provincial capital. In February 1997, she became the secretary of CCP

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committee. In December 1998, Shen was elevated to the Zhejiang Provincial

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(sub-provincial rank), and vice director of organization department of Zhejiang. She became the director of organization department in January, 1999. From June, 2001 to November, 2002, Shen served as vice secretary of CCP

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committee. From November 2002, she has served as vice director of Central Organization Department of CCP. She was also the vice Minister of Personnel from April, 2003 till the abolishment of the Ministry in 2007. Between July 2007 and April 2013, Shen served as the Executive Deputy Head of the Organization Department of Chinese Communist Party. In March 2013, she was named Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress, joining the ranks of "party and state leaders". In May 2013 she became the President of the All-China Women's Federation. On 7 December 2020, pursuant to

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, the

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imposed sanctions on all 14

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, including Shen, for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly." Shen was an alternate member of 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and was a full member of 17th, 18th,

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, and 20th Central Committees.

References

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