China Vitae : Biography of Li Jianguo

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/18/2013
Career Data Updated: 3/18/2013

Li Jianguo 李建国

Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo; Vice-Chairman, 12th Standing Committee of the NPC

Born: 1946

Birthplace: Shandong Province, Juancheng

Biography

Li Jianguo, male, Han nationality, is a native of Juancheng, Shandong Province. He was born in 1946, and graduated from the department of Chinese language of Shandong University in 1970. He joined the CPC in 1971 and worked in the Ninghe County Culture and Education Bureau, the publicity department of the CPC Ninghe County Committee, the publicity division of the Agricultural Committee of Tianjin Municipality, and the general office of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

After 1981, Li served as Deputy Secretary-General, Standing Committee member and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee. In 1998 he was elected secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee.

Li was alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee, and member of the 15th, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees. In 2007, Li became secretary of Shandong CPC Provincial Committee. In 2008 he became a Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC.

In 2012 he became a member of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee and in 2013 he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC.

Career Data

2013—	Vice-Chairman, 12th Standing Committee of the NPC
2012—	Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2012—	Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2008—2013	Secretary-General, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC
2008—2013	Vice-Chairman, 11th Standing Committee of the NPC	§
2007—2012	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—2008	Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Shandong Province
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
1998—2007	Chairman, Provincial People's Congress, Standing Committee Shaanxi Province
1998—2007	Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Shaanxi Province (Elected)
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—2007	Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Shaanxi Province
1997—1998	Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Shaanxi Province (Appointed)
1992—1997	Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1992—1997	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Tianjin Municipality
1991—1992	Secretary, CPC, District Committee Tianjin, Heping District
1991—1997	Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Tianjin Municipality
1989—1992	Secretary-General, CPC, Municipal Committee Tianjin Municipality
1988—1989	Deputy Secretary-General, CPC, Municipal Committee Tianjin Municipality
1983—1989	Director, CPC, Municipal Committee, General Office Tianjin Municipality
1981—1983	Deputy Office Director, CPC, Municipal Committee, General Office Tianjin Municipality
1978—1981	Worker, CPC, Municipal Committee, General Office Tianjin Municipality
1976—1978	Worker, Agricultural Committee, Publicity Division Tianjin Municipality
1972—1976	Worker, CPC, County Committee, Publicity Department Shandong Province, Ninghe County
1971	Joined, CPC
1970—1972	Worker, Culture and Education Bureau Shandong Province, Ninghe County
1970	Graduate, Shandong University, Chinese Language Department Shandong Province

Recent Travel & Appearances

14 Mar 13	APPEARANCE	#China's parliament elects new state leadership
04 Mar 13	APPEARANCE	Deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (#NPC) elect a presidium and set the agenda
02 Dec 12	TRAVEL	Travelled to Vietnam, Hanoi and met with the following: • Phu Trong Nguyen (General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee) #Vietnamese party leader meets senior #Chinese legislator in Hanoi
01 Dec 12	TRAVEL	Travelled to Laos, Vientiane and met with the following: • Choummaly Saygnasone (General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao president) Li Jianguo meets with General Secretary of #Laos
30 Nov 12	TRAVEL	Travelled to Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang and met with the following: • Jong Un Kim (Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)) Li Jianguo meets with top #DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in #Pyongyang.
15 Nov 12	APPEARANCE	List of Politburo members of 18th CPC Central Committee #China #18PC
27 Aug 12	APPEARANCE	Legislators call for increasing support for disabled people
08 Mar 12	APPEARANCE	China to give more seats to workers, farmers in electing 12th NPC deputies
08 Mar 12	APPEARANCE	China to elect lawmakers on equal ratio of rural, urban representation
16 Jan 12	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality Chinese, Japanese legislators promote bilateral relations

The most recent (of 15) travel & appearance entries are listed here.

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