China Vitae : Biography of Li Shenglin

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: 3/21/2013
Career Data Updated: 3/21/2013

Li Shenglin 李盛霖

Former Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Former Minister of the Ministry of Transport

Born: 1946

Birthplace: Jiangsu Province, Nantong City

Biography

Li Shenglin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1946, graduated from the Zhenjiang Institute of Agriculural Mechanization in 1970, and joined the CPC in 1973.

Li worked as Deputy Secretary-General of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, and after 1983 he was Director of the Tianjin Municipal Planning Committee. He was elected Vice-Mayor of Tianjin in May of 1991 and was appointed Mayor in May of 1998.

Li was Deputy of the 9th NPC, Deputy Secretary of the 6th,7th and 8th CPC Tianjin Municipal Committees, and member of the 15th and 16th CPC Central Committees.

He was a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and served as Minister of the Ministry of Transport from 2005 to 2013.

Career Data

2008—2013	Secretary, Ministry of Transport CPC, Leading Party Group
2007—2012	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2005—2013	Minister, Ministry of Transport
2003—2005	Deputy Director, State Economic and Trade Commission
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2005	Member, CPC, Municipal Committee, Standing Committee Tianjin Municipality
1998—2003	Deputy, 9th NPC
1998—2002	Mayor, People's Government Tianjin Municipality (Elected)
1997—2002	Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1993—1998	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee Tianjin Municipality
1991—1998	Vice-Mayor, People's Government Tianjin Municipality
1988—1991	Director, Planning Committee Tianjin Municipality
1986—1988	Director, Textile Industry Bureau Tianjin Municipality
1986—1988	Deputy Secretary, Textile Industry Bureau CPC, Party Committee Tianjin Municipality
1983—1986	Deputy Secretary-General, People's Government Tianjin Municipality
1983—1986	Deputy Secretary, CPC, Municipal Committee, Work Committee Tianjin Municipality
1980—1983	Cadre, People's Government, Planning Division Tianjin Municipality
1979—1980	Deputy Office Director, Tractor Industry Company Tianjin, Tianjin City
1976—1979	Deputy Manager, Chemical Industry Machinery Company Tianjin, Tianjin City
1973	Joined, CPC
1972—1976	Secretary, Tianjin Tractor Plant, Tools Workshop CPC, Party Branch Tianjin Municipality
1972—1976	Secretary, Tianjin Tractor Plant CYLC, Institutional Level Tianjin Municipality
1972—1976	Deputy Secretary, Tianjin Tractor Plant CYLC, Institutional Level Tianjin Municipality
1972—1976	Clerical Secretary, Tianjin Tractor Plant CYLC, Institutional Level Tianjin Municipality
1970	Graduate, Zhenjiang Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Farm Machine Building Faculty Shanghai Municipality
1970—1972	Planner, Tianjin Tractor Plant, Tools Workshop Tianjin Municipality

Recent Travel & Appearances

06 Oct 11	APPEARANCE	China's transport minister calls for better regulation of toll ways
24 Jul 11	APPEARANCE	China orders overhaul of transportation safety after a slew of deadly accidents
06 Mar 11	APPEARANCE	Blacktop highway to reach all Tibetan counties in five years: transport minister
28 Dec 10	APPEARANCE	China's freeways extend 74,000 kilometers
08 Jul 10	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Asif Ali Zardari (President of Pakistan) Hu Jintao met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
19 Mar 10	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Sheikh Hasina (Prime Minister of Bangladesh) Wen Jiabao met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
18 Sep 09	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao and topleaders attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
18 Sep 09	APPEARANCE	Hu Jintao and topleaders attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee.
03 Jun 09	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Tun Razak Najib (Malaysian Prime Minister) Wen Jiabao met with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
19 Jan 09	APPEARANCE	Wen Jiabao made remarks during the second plenary meeting of the State Council, or the Cabinet.