Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 11/10/2010
Career Data Updated: 11/10/2010

PHOTO: Li Yuanchao
Li Yuanchao 李源潮
Politburo Member of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Secretary of the Secretariat of the 17th CPC Central Committee; Head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee
Born: 1950

Biography Highlight

Li Yuanchao, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lianshui, Jiangsu province. He was born in 1950, and joined the CPC in 1978. He graduated from the math department of Fudan University in 1982, obtained the master's degree of economic management from Peking University in 1986, and received a doctorate of law from the Central Party School in 1998.

Recent Career Data

2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007— Secretary, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
2007— Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2007— Head, CPC, Central Committee, Organization Department
2003—2007 Chairman, Provincial People's Congress Jiangsu Province
2002—2007 Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2007 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
2001—2007 Secretary, CPC, City Committee Jiangsu Province, Nanjing City
2000—2002 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Jiangsu Province
1998—2003 Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee

Recent Travel & Appearances

01/15/12 Sudanese president meets with Li Yuanchao
01/14/12 China's CPC, Sudan's NCP hold first high-level dialogue session
01/14/12 Senior CPC official pledges to boost cooperation with Sudan's NCP
01/14/12 Li Yuanchao pledges to boost cooperation with Sudan's NCP
01/13/12 South Sudan president receives senior CPC official, vows further ties