Chen Xi (politician)
| Chen Xi | |
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| 陈希 | |
| Head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China | |
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Assumed office 28 October 2017 |
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| Deputy | Jiang Xinzhi |
| General secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Zhao Leji |
| President of the Central Party School | |
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Assumed office 25 October 2017 |
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| Deputy | He Yiting |
| Preceded by | Liu Yunshan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1953 (age 65) Fuzhou, Fujian, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Fuzhou University Tsinghua University |
Chen Xi (Chinese: 陈希; born September 1953) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China. Since 2017, Chen has also been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and a Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China, and President of the Central Party School. A graduate from Tsinghua University, Chen served as the party chief of the prestigious institution from 2002 to 2008. Thereafter he served as a vice-minister of education and Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology.
Chen traces his ancestry to Putian, Fujian province, and was born in the provincial capital Fuzhou. He worked in his youth at a mechanics factory attached to Fuzhou University. Shortly after the resumption of higher education at the end of the Cultural Revolution, Chen was recommended to attend the prestigious Tsinghua University as a "Worker-Peasant-Soldier student", where he earned a bachelor's degree. At Tsinghua he was friends with Xi Jinping, who was also attending Tsinghua at the time.
Chen joined the Communist Party in November 1978. After graduating from Tsinghua he returned to Fuzhou University to become a lecturer. In September 1979 he headed back to Tsinghua where he completed a Masters of Science degree. He stayed at Tsinghua to work for the Communist Party and its affiliated Youth League as a political organizer. Between 1990 and 1992 he went on a stint at Stanford University as a visiting scholar. Beginning in August 1993, he became the deputy chief of the party organization at Tsinghua, becoming executive deputy chief two years later. In 2002 he became head of the Tsinghua party organization.
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