Li Congjun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Liuan City, Anhui province. He was born in 1949, joined the CPC in 1983, and graduated from Shandong University as a doctoral candidate. He is a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. He served as the chief of the Zhejiang Publicity Department until 2001 and he was president of the Xinhua News Agency from 2008 to Dec 2014.