Qu Qingshan

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| native_name = 曲青山

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| birth_place = Rongcheng, Shandong, China

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Qu Qingshan ({{zh|c=曲青山|p=Qǔ Qīngshān}}; born May 1957) is a Chinese politician currently serving as president of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |date=11 September 2020 |title=China starts producing documentary for CPC's 100th founding anniversary |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202009/11/WS5f5ad2d8a310f55b25a81ebf.html |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=China Daily}} He is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |author1=Yang Ting ({{lang|zh|杨婷}}) |date=24 October 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央委员会委员名单 |trans-title=List of members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com//politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/24/c_1121848878.htm?baike |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Xinhua |language=zh}}

Early life

Qu was born in Rongcheng, Shandong, in May 1957.{{cite news |author1=Zhuang Yu ({{lang|zh|庄彧}}) |date=30 April 2019 |title= |script-title=zh:曲青山任中央党史和文献研究院院长冷溶不再担任 |trans-title=Qu Qingshan become president of Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, replacing Leng Rong |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201904/30/t20190430_31977707.shtml |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Economic Daily |language=zh}}

Career in Qinghai

During the late Cultural Revolution in December 1973, he worked as a sent-down youth in Donggou Township of Guide County in northwest China's Qinghai province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1975. After working at Qinghai Native Products Company as league secretary for three years, he was admitted to Shaanxi Normal University, where he majored in history. After graduating in 1982, he was dispatched to Qinghai Machine Tool Foundry as an official. In April 1984, he was transferred to the Lecturer Group of Theoretical Education for Cadres of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the CCP, where he successively served as lecturer, deputy head, and head. In October 1997, he became vice president of Qinghai Academy of Social Sciences, but having held the position for only two years. He served as deputy head of the Propaganda Department of CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee in November 1999, and over a year later promoted to the head position.{{cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-03-02/14345971810.shtml |script-title=zh:曲青山：为青海省改革发展稳定营造舆论氛围 |trans-title=Qu Qingshan: creating an atmosphere of public opinion for the reform, development and stability of Qinghai |work=sina |date=2 March 2005 |access-date=28 June 2021 |language=zh}} In May 2002, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Qinghai Provincial Committee, the province's top authority.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Career in Beijing

After working in Qinghai for 36 years, he was transferred to Beijing in 2009. He was deputy director of the {{ill|Party History Research Center of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|zh|中共中央党史研究室}} in October 2007, rising to director in January 2014. In March 2018, the Party History Research Center of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was revoked and its function was merged into the newly founded Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Partym, he was appointed executive vice president, one year later, he rose to become president, a position at ministerial level.{{cite news |author1=Zhao Ming ({{lang|zh|赵明}}) |date=29 April 2019 |title= |script-title=zh:曲青山出任中央党史和文献研究院院长 |trans-title=Qu Qingshan appoints president of Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-04-29/doc-ihvhiqax5758645.shtml |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=Sina |language=zh}}