Cai Limin, male, Manchu nationality, is a native of Kuancheng County, Hebei Province. He was born in 1955, joined the CPC in 1975, and attained a master's degree from the Nanyang Institute of Technology in Singapore. Cai has held leading Party posts in his native Hebei Province, and in the early 1990s he served as director of the Provincial Nationality and Religious Affairs Department. He also served in various local government roles and spent time studying abroad. Cai also served on the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection
Cai Limin served as vice-governor of Hebei Province from 1998-2006. In 2006 he became vice-governor of Shangdong Province.