File photo taken on Dec. 6, 2012 shows Yu Zhengsheng (R, front) meets with delegates to the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party (CPWDP) in Beijing, capital of China. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yu Zhengsheng, in the eyes of his colleagues, is a man who does not follow routines.

He would avoid prearranged inspections and then make sudden visits; He is not interested in listening to subordinates' lengthy work reports, but likes to go straight to questions.

Now, the trained missile engineer has made his way into China's top leadership.

Yu, 67, was elected last month member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) Central Committee with Xi Jinping, also newly elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli.

They were elected at the first plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee following the national congress of the ruling party.