ZHANG Laiwu: Vice Minister and Member of the CPC Leading Group, MOST

Dr. ZHANG Laiwu is a member of the Communist Party of China. He was sent to Tongling City of Anhui Province as an educated youth in 1973 and worked there until 1976. In 1982, he graduated from the Mathematics Department of Fudan University. From 1982 to 1987, he got M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from Peking University. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Lecturer and Associate Professor of the School of Management, Member of the Communist Party Committee and Secretary of the Communist Youth League in Peking University, and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. In 1995, he received Ph.D. in Economics from State University of New York, US. He was Vice President and Executive Vice President of China Youth University for Political Sciences from 1995 to 1999, and Member of the Leading Party Group and Chairman Assistant of People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 1999 to 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he took the office as Director of the Management Committee of Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone. He served as Chairman Assistant of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 2002 to 2003 and Vice Chairman from 2003 to 2008. In August 2008, he was appointed as Vice Minister and Member of the Leading Party Group of MOST.
Vice Minister Zhang is in charge of rural S&T, publicity, confidentiality and logistics. He oversees the Administrative Office and the Department of Rural Science and Technology.