CHEN Baosheng was born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province in 1956. He started his career in 1974 and was admitted to the Chinese Communist Party in 1984.
1974-1975 Youth Intellectual, Commune Xiaokangying, County Yuzhong, Lanzhou, Gansu Province
1975-1978 Machine operator, Post and Telecommunications Office, County Yuzhong, Lanzhou, Gansu Province
1978-1982 Study in Beijing University, political sciences and economics
1982-1985 Programme officer and then Deputy director in Commercial Bureau of Gansu Province
1985-1988 Deputy Director, Director in Economic sector of Gansu Provincial Party Committee and then Deputy Director of Policy Planning Division, Gansu Provincial Government
1988-1991 Director of Policy Planning, Research Center on economics and social development, Gansu Provincial Government
1991-1996 Deputy Director and then Director, Development Research Center, Gansu Provincial Government
1996-1999 Deputy Secretary General of Gansu Provincial Government, Member of Party Leadership Group, Director of Development Research Center, Gansu Provincial Government
1999-2002 Secretary of Jiuquan Prefectural Party Committee, Gansu Province
2002-2004 Member of Standing Committee of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee, Director General of Gansu Provincial Department for Public Information, Chairman of Provincial Union of Social Sciences circles
2004-2008 Member of Standing Committee of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee, Lanzhou Party Secretary, Director General of Standing Committee of Municipal People’s Congress, Chairman of Provincial Union of Social Sciences circles
2008-2013 Vice President, Communist Party School
2016 - Party Secretary, Minister of
Education
Candidate Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee
Member of the 18th and the 19th CPC Central Committee