Tian Chengping (; born January 1945) is a politician in the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Born in

Daming County Daming County is a county under the jurisdiction of Handan City in far southern Hebei Province, China. It was formerly one of the capitals of the Northern Song. History left, 150px, Song China It was formerly known as Beijing under the Norther ...

, Hebei Province, Tian joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1964, and started working in February 1968. He served in the Beijing Petrochemical Factory, the Qianjin Chemical Industry Factory affiliated to Beijing Petrochemical Factory, and the Yanshan Petrochemical Corporation. He was appointed the secretary of the CCP committee in the Xicheng District of Beijing in 1984. In 1988, he was transferred to Qinghai Province and served as the vice secretary of the CCP Qinghai committee. He became the acting governor of Qinghai in December 1992, and was confirmed as governor in January 1993. In 1997, he was elevated to the position of secretary of the CCP Qinghai committee. In 1998, he was additionally elected as the chairman of the Qinghai provincial People's Congress. He became the Party chief of Shanxi Province in 1999, and was elected chairman of the Shanxi provincial People's Congress in January 2003. From July 2005 to March 2008, he served as the Minister of Labor and Social Security of China (now the

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

, or MOHRSS). He is the son of Tian Ying, a former vice governor of Hubei Province The younger Tian was an alternate member of the

14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions. It was preceded by the 13th Central Committee. It was elected by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ...

, and a full member of the

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, 16th and

17th 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

Central Committees Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the ...

References

1945 births Living people People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Politicians from Handan Political office-holders in Beijing Political office-holders in Qinghai Political office-holders in Shanxi Alternate members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party CPPCC Committee Chairmen of Shanxi {{china-politician-stub