The country's top legislature on Friday appointed Xu Shaoshi as the Minister of Land and Resources,PRC.

Xu Shaoshi, of Han nationality, is a native of Ningbo , East China's Zhejiang Province . He was born in October 1951, entered the workforce in April 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in December 1974.

　　 Career Data

　　 2007- Minister of Land and Resources

　　 2000-07 Deputy secretary-general of the State Council

　　 1996-2000 Director of the Secretariat of the State Council

　　 1993-96 Graduate student at Nankai University and student at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee

　　 May 1993 - October 1993 director of the general office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

　　 1988-93 Deputy director of the general office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

　　 1986-88 Director of the minister's office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

　　 1980-86 Official at the policy and regulation office of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

　　 1977-80 Undergraduate student at Changchun College of Geology