Li Zemin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Cangxi, Sichuan Province. He was born in 1934, joined the PLA in 1950 and the CPC in 1954, and graduated from People's University of China.
Li spent five years as a Party leader at Shenyang Agricultural College. In 1983, he became deputy secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee. He later transferred to Zhejiang Province where he became secretary of the CPC Zheijiang Provincial Committee. In 1998, he became chairman of the standing committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress.
Li was a member of the 13th and 15th CPC Central Committees.