Compiled from the following sources:

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

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Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

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

People's Daily Online


XINHUA Online (China View)


Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/17/2018
Career Data Updated: 3/17/2018

PHOTO: Li Zhanshu
Li Zhanshu 栗战书
Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee; Chairman, 13th Standing Committee of the NPC
Born: 1950

Biography

Li Zhanshu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Pingshan County, Hebei Province. He was born in 1950, entered the work force in 1972 and joined the CPC in 1975.

Li spent much of his career in Party leadership roles at the county and provincial levels in Hebei Province. He later became secretary-general of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee. Next he was transferred to Shaanxi Province, where he became secretary of the CPC Xian Municipal Committee. In 2004 he was transferred to Heilongjiang province, where he has held a series of senior positions.

Li was a deputy to the 8th NPC and an alternate member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. In 2004 he became deputy secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee and vice-governor of Heilongjiang Province. From 2008 to 2010 he served as Governor of Heilongjiang Province.

He was Secretary of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee from 2010 to 2012 an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee. In 2012, he became Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Politburo of the 18th CPC Central Committee.

In 2017 he was named as a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee. In 2018 he became Chairman of the 13th Standing Committee of the NPC.

Career Data

2018— Chairman, 13th Standing Committee of the NPC
2017— Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Internet Security and Informationization
2017— Director, CPC, Central Committee, Central National Security Commission, General Office
2017— Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Finance and Economy
2017— Member, CPC, Central Committee, Central LSG for Comprehensively Deepening Reform
2017— Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Standing Committee
2017— Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2017— Member, 19th CPC, Central Committee
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat
2012— Director, CPC, Central Committee, General Office
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo
2012—2017 Member, 18th CPC, Central Committee
2010—2012 Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Guizhou Province
2010—2012 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee Guizhou Province
2010—2012 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Guizhou Province
2008—2010 Governor, People's Government Heilongjiang Province
2007—2008 Acting Governor, People's Government Heilongjiang Province
2007—2012 Alternate Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2007—2010 Secretary, People's Government CPC, Leading Party Group Heilongjiang Province
2005—2007 Student, Harbin Institute of Technology Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City
2004—2007 Deputy Secretary, People's Government CPC, Leading Party Group Heilongjiang Province
2004—2007 Vice-Governor, People's Government Heilongjiang Province
2004—2010 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Heilongjiang Province
2003—2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC, Provincial Committee Heilongjiang Province
2002—2007 Alternate Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2004 Chairman, City People's Congress, Standing Committee Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City
2002—2004 Secretary, CPC, City Committee Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City
2002—2004 Member, CPC, City Committee, Standing Committee Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City
2000—2002 Chief, CPC, Provincial Committee, Organization Department Shaanxi Province
1998—2002 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Shaanxi Province
1993—1998 Member, CPC, Provincial Committee, Standing Committee Hebei Province
Commissioner, Provincial Administrative Office Hebei Province
1993—1998 Deputy, 8th NPC
1993—1997 Secretary-General, CPC, Provincial Committee Hebei Province
1990—1993 Deputy Secretary, CPC, District Committee Hebei Province, Chengde Prefecture
1986—1990 Secretary, CYLC, Provincial-Level Hebei Province
1985—1986 Deputy Secretary, CPC, City Committee Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang City
1985—1986 Commissioner, Prefectural Administrative Office Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang Prefecture
1983—1985 Secretary, CPC, County Committee Hebei Province, Wuji County
1976—1983 Staff Member, CPC, Prefectural Committee, General Office, Document Department Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang Prefecture
1975 Joined, CPC
1972—1976 Deputy Director, Industry and Commerce Bureau Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang Prefecture


Recent Travel & Appearances

12 Jul 21 Li Zhanshu attended the opening ceremony of Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2021 and delivered a keynote speech
07 Jul 21 Li Zhanshu held talks with Saqr Ghubash, speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates via video link and both sides pledged to enhance exchanges between legislative bodies
18 Jun 21 Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan to review the Party admission oath after visiting the Museum of the CPC
10 Jun 21 The Standing Committee of the NPC adopted multiple laws including those on data security, Hainan free trade port and countering foreign sanctions
02 Jun 21 Li Zhanshu held talks with Solomon Islands' parliament speaker John Patteson Oti via video link, agreeing to enhance exchanges and cooperation between their two legislative bodies.
28 May 21 Li Zhanshu met with Saysomphone Phomvihane, president of the Lao National Assembly via video, vows to promote ties, advance socialist endeavor with Laos
27 May 21 Li Zhanshu stresses implementing rural vitalization promotion law
29 Apr 21 Li Zhanshu called on the people's congresses to improve their work so that they can meet the legal demand for the modernization of China's governance system and governance capacity.
28 Apr 21 Li Zhanshu said that exchanges between legislative bodies provide an important guarantee for the long-term stable and healthy development of state-to-state relations.
20 Apr 21 Li Zhanshu held talks with Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafy Ali al-Gebaly via video link

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