Deng Pufang is elected vice-chairman of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the fourth plenary meeting of the First Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2008. [Xinhua]

The following is a biographical sketch of Deng Pufang, who was elected on Thursday vice-chairman of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC):

Deng Pufang

Male, born in 1944, of Han nationality, native of Guang'an, Sichuan Province.

Vice-chairman of the 11th CPPCC National Committee, member of its Leading Party Members' Group, chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), executive president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) and president of the China Welfare Fund for the Handicapped (CWFH).

Joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1965.

1962-1968 Student at the Department of Technical Physics of Beijing University

1968-1975 Persecuted during the "cultural revolution," physically disabled in May 1968

1975-1984 Working at the administrative bureau of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters

1984 CWFH vice director-in-chief

1984-1985 CWFH vice director-in-chief and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1985-1988 CWFH director-in-chief and secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group

1988-1991 CDPF chairman, secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group, director-in-chief of its executive council and CWFH director-in-chief

1991-2003 CDPF chairman, secretary of its Leading Party Members' Group and CWFH director-in-chief

2003-2004 CDPF chairman and CWFH director-in-chief

2004-2006 CDPF chairman, BOCOG executive president and CWFH director-in-Chief

2006-2008 CDPF chairman, BOCOG executive president and CWFH president

2008- Vice-chairman of the 11th CPPCC National Committee, member of its Leading Party Members' Group, CDPF chairman, BOCOG executive president, and CWFH president.

Alternate member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the 9th and 10th CPPCC National Committee.