Li Qiang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Rui’an City, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1959, entered the work force in 1976, and joined the CPC in 1983. From 2011 to 2016 he was Deputy Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Secretary of Zhejiang Political and Law Committee. From 2013 to 2016 he was Governor of Zhejiang Province.
He was an alternate member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and from 2016 to 2017 he was Secretary of the Jiangsu CPC Provincial Committee. In 2017 he became a Member of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.