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 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 CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, Vice Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture, and Public Health Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, and President and Leading Party Members Group Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.