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

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 3/9/2010
Career Data Updated: 3/9/2010

PHOTO: Li Zhaoxing
Li Zhaoxing 李肇星
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC
Born: 1940
Birthplace: Shandong Province

Biography

Li Zhaoxing, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong Province. He was born in 1940 and is a graduate of Beijing University.

After an initial seven-year tour at the Chinese embassy in Kenya, Li was assigned to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After a tour as 1st Secretary in the embassy in Lesotho, Li returned to the Information Department of the Ministry, becoming both director-general and spokesman.

From 1993 to 2001, he moved from ambassador to the UN, to ambassador to the US, and to vice-minister in charge of American and Latin American affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Li served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-2007.

Li was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is now Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC.

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