Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Was successively Member of the 16th and 17th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the 18th CPC Central Committee. Currently Member of the 19th CPC Central Committee. Doctorate in Management Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management; degree in informatics, Northwest Institute of Telecommunications Engineering. Formerly: Educated Youth, Changshan Commune, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province; Deputy Director, Deputy Chief Engineer and Deputy Director-General (CPC Committee Member) in succession, 28th Research Institute, Ministry of Electronic Industry; General Manager and CPC Committee Member, China National Computer Software and Technology Service Corporation; Vice-President and Member, CPC Leading Group, Academy of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Information Industry; Member, Preparatory Group, China Electronic Technology Group Corporation (CETC); Deputy General Manager and Member, CPC Leading Group, CETC; General Manager and Secretary, CPC Leading Group, CETC; concurrently, President, China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology; General Manager and Deputy Secretary, CPC Leading Group, CETC; Deputy Secretary, CPC Leading Group and Vice-Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST); Secretary, CPC Leading Group and Vice-Minister, MOST. Since March 2018, Minister and Secretary, CPC Leading Group, MOST.