Liu Yunshan, born in July 1947, is a male ethnic Han from Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. He entered the workforce in September 1966 and joined the CPC in April 1971. He received a university education at the Central Party School.

He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of its Secretariat, the president of the Party School of CPC Central Committee, and head of the Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress.

1964-1968 Student, Jining Teachers' College, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1968-1969 Teacher, Bashi School, Tumd Left Banner; and worker, Sobugai Commune, Tumd Right Banner; of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1969-1975 Administrative secretary, Publicity Department, CPC Tumd Right Banner Committee, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1975-1982 Reporter and deputy chief, Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Section; and member, Leading Party Members' Group; of the Inner Mongolia Bureau of Xinhua News Agency (March - August 1981: student, Central Party School)

1982-1984 Deputy secretary of the CYL Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and of its Leading Party Members' Group

1984-1986 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1986-1987 Member, Standing Committee; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1987-1991 Member, Standing Committee; and secretary-general; of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, Working Committee of Organs Directly under the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee

1991-1992 Member, Standing Committee, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee

1992-1993 Deputy secretary, CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee; and concurrently secretary, CPC Chifeng Municipal Committee (1989-1992: student of Party and government administration, Correspondence School, Central Party School)

1993-1997 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee

1997-2002 Deputy head, Publicity Department, CPC Central Committee (October 1997: ministerial level); head, General Office, Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress

2002- Nov. 2012 Member, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; and head, Publicity Department; of the CPC Central Committee

Nov. 2012 - Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; member, Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; President, Party School, CPC Central Committee; head, General Office, Central Commission for Guiding Cultural and Ethical Progress

Alternate member, Twelfth and Fourteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Fifteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau, Eighteenth CPC Central Committee.

(Last update: March 2013)