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: 2/11/2010
Career Data Updated: 2/11/2010

PHOTO: Li Jinai
Li Jinai 李继耐
Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Member of the 17th CPC Central Military Commission, Director-General of the PLA General Political Department, Member of the PRC Central Military Commissions
Born: 1942

Biography

Li Jinai, male, Han nationality, is a native of Tengxian County, Shangdong Province. He was born in 1942, joined the CPC in 1965, and graduated from the Department of Engineering Physics of Harbin Polytechnical University in 1967.

Li began his military career as a platoon commander and then moved into the field of propaganda. He later became deputy commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Force, director of the Cadres Department of the PLA General Political Department and vice-political commissar of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. In 1998, he became political commissar of the Chinese PLA General Armament Department.

Li was a delegate to the 13th CPC National Congress, an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees. In 2004, Li became Director-General of the PLA General Political Department.

Li is currently a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and the 17th CPC Central Military Commission.

Career Data

2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—2012 Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2004— Director-General, PLA, General Political Department
2003— Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2002—2004 Director-General, PLA, General Armaments Department
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000— General, PLA
1998—2002 Political Commissar, PLA, General Armaments Department
1997—2002 Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1995—1998 Political Commissar, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1993—2000 Lieutenant General, PLA
1992—1997 Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1992—1995 Deputy Political Commissar, State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND)
1990—1992 Deputy Director, PLA, General Political Department
1988—1993 Major General, PLA
1987—1992 Delegate, 13th CPC, National Congress
1970—1977 Deputy Political Commissar, PLA, Services and Arms, Army (or Ground Force), Regiment Command
1967 Joined, PLA
1966 Graduate, Harbin Industrial University, Engineering Force Department Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City
1965 Joined, CPC


Recent Travel & Appearances

15 May 12 Was in Beijing Municipality
Li Jinai meets with Italian guests
07 Mar 12 Xu Caihou visits NPC women deputies and CPPCC women members from military
06 Mar 12 Uniformed NPC deputies address Party leadership, modernization of China's armed forces
13 Feb 12 Li Jinai meets with military representatives of award winners
20 Dec 11 Xu Caihou has discussion with newly-elected academicians
22 Nov 11 Travelled to Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City
Xu Caihou watches "Life & Sunshine" acrobatic show
11 Nov 11 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Ri Tae Chol (Commander of the Interior Force and First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of People's Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK))
Li Jinai meets with DPRK military delegation
09 Nov 11 Chinese leaders watch DPRK-adapted opera of renowned Chinese legend
09 Nov 11 Xu Caihou attends new-version launch ceremony of PLA Political Work Website
16 Sep 11 Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following:
Ngo Xuan Lich (Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the Vietnamese Communist Party)
Li Jinai holds talks with Vietnamese counterpart

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