Xu Shaoshi (; born October 1951) is a Chinese politician, and former Chairman of the

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of the

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. Xu was born in

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

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. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1974. From April 2007 to March 2013, he was Minister of Land and Resources and the party chief of the Ministry. He is also the general supervisor of national land. According to ''

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'' in January 2010 Xu Shaoshi lead a high-level delegation to the

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, aboard China's

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, '' Xue Long''. Xu toured

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before proceeding to China's

Antarctic Zhongshan Station Zhongshan Station () is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on February 26, 1989. Overview ''Zhongshan Station'' is named after Sun Yat-sen, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in 1 ...

. Among the officials who accompanied him was

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, the director of the

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, writing in ''The Age'', reported that Xu declined to be interviewed and the presence of his delegation was not covered in the Chinese Press. Chandler reported that the purpose of the tour was to familiarize Xu and his colleagues with China's research efforts in the Antarctic, and the potential mineral resources that could be exploited there. She noted that China, like all other parties to the International treaties to the Antarctic, was barred from

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until 2048. He was a member of the

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and is now a member of the 18th Central Committee. At the first plenary session of the

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in March 2013, Xu Shaoshi was elected as Chairman of the

,NPC endorses new cabinet lineup
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References

External links

Xu Shaoshi's profile at xinhuanet.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Shaoshi Living people Politicians from Ningbo 1951 births Ministers of Land and Resources of China Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Recipients of Hilal-i-Pakistan