Wu Yi

1938 - Born as a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province

1962 - joined Communist Party of China (CPC) in April
- began working in August after graduated from the Oil Refinery Department, Beijing Petroleum Institute with major in oil refinery engineering

1988-1991
- elected as deputy mayor of Beijing

1991-1998
- served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Minister of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, and a member of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CPC Central Committees

2002 - Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Politboro

2003 - Vice-Premier of the State Council

2003-2005
- around these years she was the Minister of Health

2004 - one of Time's 100 Most Influential People given the title as "goddess of transparency"