Li Xi (born 1956)

Li Xi (Chinese: 李希; pinyin: Lǐ Xī; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary and former Governor of Liaoning province. He previously served as Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai, and before that, Party Secretary of Yan'an, Shaanxi province.^[1][2]

Career

Li Xi was born in October 1956 in Liangdang County, Gansu province. He joined the work force in July 1975 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in January 1982. He graduated from Northwest Normal University. He started his career working as an ordinary functionary in the provincial propaganda department of the Gansu party organization. He worked in multiple positions in Gansu, including Party Secretary of Xigu District of the provincial capital Lanzhou, Deputy Party Secretary of Lanzhou, and Party Chief of Zhangye prefecture.^[2]

In 2006, Li became the Party Chief of Yan'an in neighbouring Shaanxi province. Yan'an is of special significance to the Communist Party as it is the site of Mao's revolutionary base after the end of the Long March. In 2011, he was transferred to Shanghai to serve as the Director of the municipality's Organization Department, and later Deputy Party Chief. In 2014, he was transferred again to Liaoning province in Northeast China, and was appointed Acting Governor and Deputy Party Chief of the province, replacing outgoing governor Chen Zhenggao.^[1] He was confirmed by the provincial legislature as Governor later that year. In May 2015, he succeeded Wang Min as Communist Party Secretary of Liaoning, becoming first-in-charge of the province.^[3]

Li is an alternate member of the 17th and the 18th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.^[1]

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