The official website of the Ministry of Science and Technology updated the leadership, showing that Miao Shaobo, the former deputy secretary-general of the Ministry, became the secretary-general in November.Xu Jianpei, who previously served as secretary-general of the ministry, was promoted to vice-governor of Hebei Province in March 2017.

The official resume shows that Miao Shaobo worked in colleges and universities in his early years and served as the secretary of the Youth League Committee of Shandong Institute of Building Materials. After 1995, he moved to the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, the State Office, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, and served as secretary for many years.

Since 1995, Miao Shaobo has worked in the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee for 13 years. He has successively served as a department-level cadre and director of the Sixth Bureau (Non-Party and Non-Party Intellectual Work Bureau), department-level secretary, deputy bureau-level secretary, and director-level secretary of the General Office.Bureau secretary.

After the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2007, Liu Yandong, then Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. He became a State Councilor in 2008 and a Vice Premier of the State Council in 2013.Miao Shaobo then transferred to the State Affairs Office, and since December 2008, he has served as the director-level secretary of the State Affairs Office for six years.

According to public media reports, in October 2013, Liu Yandong, then member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, went to Shandong Inspur Group for inspection. He was accompanied by Jiang Xiaojuan, then Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council, Wang Weizhong, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, and Miao Shaobo, Secretary of the Chief Executive.wait.

In December 2014, Miao Shaobo was transferred to the position of Director of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology. In September 2016, he concurrently served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He stepped down as the Director of the Personnel Department the following year.

The Ministry of Science and Technology was reorganized in a new round of institutional reform in March 2018.According to the reform plan, the responsibilities of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs will be integrated, the National Natural Science Foundation of China will be managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the separate State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs will no longer be retained.

In early April, the official website of the Ministry of Science and Technology announced the members of the reorganized leadership team.Up to now, there have been two job adjustments. First, Zhou Changkui, then a member of the party group of the Ministry of Science and Technology, was transferred to the party secretary of the China Disabled Persons Federation in July;

At present, the leadership of the Ministry of Science and Technology includes: Minister Wang Zhigang, Vice Minister Huang Wei, Wang Binyi, head of the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervision Committee in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Vice Ministers Zhang Jianguo (also director of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs), Xu Nanping, Li Meng (alsoSecretary of the party committee of the directly affiliated organization), and four other members of the party group Li Jinghai (also director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China), Li Ping (also director of Science and Technology Daily), Lu Ming, Xia Mingjiu, and secretary-general Miao Shaobo.

Attachment: Resume of Miao Shaobo

CPC member.Graduated from the Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China, majoring in theoretical sociology, with a postgraduate degree and a master's degree in law.

From September 1981 to July 1985, he studied in Shandong Institute of Building Materials Industry, and stayed in the school to work after graduation. From July 1985 to September 1988, he successively served as the Secretary of the General Branch of the Automation Department and the Assistant to the Head of the Department.

From September 1988 to July 1991, he studied as a postgraduate student at Renmin University of China.

Worked in Shandong Institute of Building Materials from July 1991 to July 1995, successively serving as deputy secretary and secretary of the Youth League Committee.

From July 1995 to December 2008, he worked in the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee. He successively served as a director-level cadre and director of the Sixth Bureau, secretary-level secretary, deputy bureau-level secretary, and director-level secretary of the General Office.

From December 2008 to December 2014, he served as Secretary at the Bureau level of the General Office of the State Council.

From December 2014 to September 2016, he served as Director of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

From September 2016 to August 2017, he served as Deputy Secretary-General and Director of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

In August 2017, he served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

In November 2018, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science and Technology.(Resume source: Ministry of Science and Technology official website)