China Vitae

Biography

Bai Lichen, male, Hui nationality, is a native of Lingyuan, Liaoning Province. He was born in 1941, joined the CPC in 1971, and graduated from Shenyang Agricultural College.

Initially, Bai worked in agricultural positions in Liaoning Province. In the early 1980s, he was secretary of the CPC Yingkou City Committee and mayor of Yingkou City in Liaoning Province. Later he became assistant to the governor and vice governor of Liaoning Province. In 1986, he was transferred to Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee and as chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People's Congress. By 1997, Bai was in Beijing in central government positions.

Bai was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is also vice-chairman of the 9th CPPCC National Committee and president of the 2nd Council of All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives.

He is now a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.