Baima (politician)

Baima was born in Yushu County (now Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture), Qinghai, in April 1946.^[1] In August 1960, he was admitted to Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Normal School, he stayed at the school and taught there after graduation.^[1]

He got involved in politics in December 1967, when he was appointed deputy director of Chindu County Revolutionary Committee, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1968.^[1] He rose to become deputy party secretary of the county in October 1973.^[1] He was deputy director of Qinghai Provincial Bureau of Education in June 1976, and held that office until January 1980.^[1] In January 1980, he became deputy secretary of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, rising to secretary the next year.^[1] In April 1983, he was made deputy director of Qinghai Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry, but having held the position for only two years.^[1] In November 1985, he was named acting governor of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, confirmed in April 1986.^[1] In January 1993, he was promoted to become vice governor of Qinghai, a position he held until November 2001, when he was appointed deputy party secretary of Qinghai and secretary of Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.^[1] In February 2007, he was proposed as chairman of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the province's top political advisory body.^[1][2][3]

On 28 February 2012, he took office as vice chairperson of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [zh], heading the religious works of Tibet, Sichuan and Qinghai.