"deputy national leader" ranks. In 2007, at the 17th Party Congress, He renewed for one more term on the body despite being 67 years of age. He worked for three CCDI chiefs, Wei Jianxing, Wu Guanzheng, and He Guoqiang, and was the longest-serving CCDI deputy secretary in the history of the organization. In 2012, at the 18th Party Congress, He retired and left politics. References 1940 births Chinese communists Living people People from Tangshan Members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party Tianjin University alumni