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Luo Gan
---State Councillor

Following is a biographic sketch of Luo Gan, who was nominated as State
Councillor by Premier Zhu Rongji and approved by the Ninth National
People's Congress at its First Session.

Luo, born 1935, native of Jinan, Shandong Province, joined the Party
1960, graduated from Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in
Germany, senior engineer.

Studied at the Pressure Processing Department of Beijing Institute of
Iron and Steel Engineering, 1953-54; Studied German language at Karl Marx
University in Leipzig GDR, did field work in the Leipzig Iron and Steel
Plant and Metal Casting Plant the following year and, afterwards studied
at the Freiburg Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for six years.

Did research work in the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute under
the First Ministry of Machine-Building and served as technician and
project chief, 1962-69; served as office chief for preparing the
establishment of a research institute under the First Ministry of
Machine-Building in Luohe City, Henan Province, later deputy director of
the Zhengzhou Machine-Building Research Institute of the Ministry,
1970-80.

Served as deputy director of Henan Provincial Import and Export
Commission, director of the Provincial Science and Technology Commission,
1980-81; deputy governor of Henan Province, secretary of CPC Henan
Provincial Committee, 1981-83; vice-chairman of the All-China Federation
of Trade Unions and member of Party's Secretariat and deputy secretary of
ACFTU Party Group, 1983-1988.

Served as minister of labor, secretary-general of the State Council,
secretary of the Party Group, secretary of the Working Committee of the
State Department under CPC Central Committee, 1988-93; state councillor,
secretary-general of the State Council, secretary of the Party Group,
secretary of the Working Committee of the State Department under CPC
Central Committee, deputy secretary of the Central Political Science and
Law Committee since 1993.

Served as member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and
member of the Secretariat of CPC Central Committee since 1997.

Luo was elected alternate member of 12th CPC Central Committee, member of
13th to 15th CPC Central Committees, and was elected member of both the
Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the 15th CPC Central Committee.

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