Nie Li, female, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangjin, Sichuan Province. She joined the CPC in l950, and graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Precision Machinery, USSR in l960.
Nie, who is a daughter of the late marshal Nie Rongzhen and the wife of Ding Henggao, has spent much of her career working in industry and technology in areas connected to national defense. She has also served as an official of the All-China Women's Federation, and been involved in positions in the NPC for 20 years. She was made a major general in l988 and a lieutenant general in l993.