BEIJING, March 10 -- A total of 23 people were elected vice chairpersons of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, on Friday.

The following is a brief introduction of them:

Shi Taifeng, male, Han ethnicity, was born in September 1956 and is from Yushe, Shanxi Province. He began his first job in May 1974 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1982. He graduated from the Law Department, Peking University, where he completed a graduate program in basic theories of law. He holds a Master of Laws degree and a professional title of professor.

Shi is currently a member of the 20th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, vice chairperson of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.