Tian Jiyun
--NPC Vice-Chairman

Tian Jiyun, who was just elected vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC).

Tian, male, of Han Nationality, born in June 1929, a native of Feicheng, Shandong Province, joined Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1945 and started to work in January 1945, with an educational background of secondary school.

Joined Eighth Route Army in 1941, studied in a middle school in a Communist-led anti-Japanese area and served as a general accountant at the Hebei-Shandong-Henan battle logistics headquarters in 1940s. Worked as a teacher and administrative cadre at Guiyang People's Revolutionary University and as a financial cadrer at Guizhou Provincial Training Class in 1950s, served as section, division chief and deputy bureau director at Guizhou Provincial Financial Department. After 1969, Tian worked in Sichuan Province as first deputy director and then director of the Provincial Finance Bureau. Served as deputy secretary-general of State Council, 1981-83; vice-premier and secretary-general of State Council, 1983-87, member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, 1987-93; and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) since 1993. Served as a member of 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committee, member of Political Bureau of 13, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committee, and vice-chairman of the Eighth NPC Standing Committee.