Hu Jintao is the former president of the People’s Republic of China. Now he is the paramount leader of the people’s republic of China. Moreover, he holds the positions like general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the Central Military Commission etc. He was born in Jixi, Anhui Province as a member of poor family. He was a very talented student in school and also partcipated in activities like singing and dancing. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1964. He graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University. He worked as an engineer for Sinohydro Engineering for 4 years. Afterwards he became a noticeable leader in the Communist Youth League. Most of his careers were spent in western China, overseeing Gansu, Guizhou and Tibet. In 1985, he was appointed party secretary for Guizhou province, where he helped implement educational and economic reforms. In 1992, he was appointed a member of the Secretariat of the CCP Central Committee, and in 1998, he was elected vice president of China. Hu succeeded President Jiang Zemin as general secretary of the CCP in 2002 and was elected president the following year. In the term of his presidency, his foreign policy is seen as fewer alternative dispute resolutions than that of his predecessor, though China’s global influence has increased. He is married to Liu Yongqing and have two children.