Gao Xiaomei

Gao Xiaomei received her undergraduate education in metal materials and heat treatment at Xi'an Jiaotong University, graduating in July 1982. She subsequently worked at the Sunan Coal Machinery Factory in Jiangsu before pursuing graduate studies at the former Beijing Iron and Steel Institute, now University of Science and Technology Beijing, where she earned a master's degree in metal materials and heat treatment in 1986. She later completed a doctorate in engineering in the same discipline at the University of Science and Technology Beijing in December 1997.^[4][5]

Gao began her professional career in research and engineering at the Shanghai Iron and Steel Research Institute, where she served as deputy director of a research center and attained the rank of senior engineer. She later entered municipal economic administration, holding successive positions within the Shanghai Municipal Economic Commission, including deputy director of the Investment and Technological Transformation Division. From 2002 to 2006, she served as Chief Engineer of Shanghai Building Materials Group Corporation and was recognized as a professor-level senior engineer.^[6][7]

Her political career advanced after 2006, when she became Vice Chairperson of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the RCCK and deputy director of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office.^[8] She was later elected Chairperson of the RCCK Shanghai Municipal Committee and subsequently served as a Standing Committee member and Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the RCCK.^[9] From 2008 to 2017, she served as Vice Chairperson of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and concurrently as Vice Chairperson of the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology.^[10][11]

Since 2018, Gao has served in national-level consultative and legislative roles, including as a Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and as a Vice Chairperson of the Social and Legal Affairs Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee.^[12] She is currently a Standing Committee member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee.^[13][14]