Yu Zhengsheng, ethnic Han, native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, born in April 1945. Joined the CPC in November 1964 and began working in August 1963. Graduated from the Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute, majoring in automatic control of ballistic missiles. With a university education. Engineer.

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

1963-1968: Student majoring in automatic control of ballistic missiles at the Department of Missile Engineering, Harbin Military Engineering Institute.

1968-1971: Technician of Zhangjiakou No. 6 Radio Factory, Hebei Province.

1971-1975: Technician and director of Qiaoxi Radio Factory, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.

1975-1981: Technician and engineer of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry.

1981-1982: Assistant chief engineer of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building Industry.

1982-1984: Deputy director of Research Institute for Promotion and Application of Electronic Technology under the Ministry of Electronics Industry; chief of Second Systems Division, assistant chief engineer and head of Department of Microcomputer Management of the Administration for Computer Industry, the Ministry of Electronics Industry; and deputy director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Electronics Industry.

1984-1985: President, vice chairman of the board and member of the Leading Party Members' Group of the China Welfare Fund for the Disabled (equal to bureau-chief as from December 1984; and acting general manager of China Kanghua Industrial Company Ltd., January-March 1985).

1985-1987: Deputy secretary of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, Shandong Province.

1987-1989: Deputy secretary of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee and mayor of Yantai, Shandong Province.

1989-1992: Deputy secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee and deputy mayor and major of Qingdao, Shandong Province .

1992-1994: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, and mayor of Qingdao.

1994-1997: Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and secretary of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee.

1997-1998: Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Construction and vice-minister of Construction.

1998-2001: Minister of Construction and secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Ministry of Construction 2001-2002 Secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

2002-2003: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress.

2003- 2007: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

2007-: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

Alternate member of the Fourteenth CPC Central Committee, member of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth CPC Central Committees, and Political Bureau member of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CPC Central Committees.