Li Zhanshu

Li Zhanshu (栗战书), male, Han ethnicity, was born in August 1950 and is from Pingshan, Hebei Province. He began his first job in December 1972 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1975. Li graduated from Department of Political Education, Night College, Hebei Normal University where he completed an in-service undergraduate program. He holds an executive MBA degree.

Li is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and is also Secretary of the Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee.

2017- Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Director, CPC Central Committee General Office

Director, Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee

Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee

2014-2017 Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat

Director, CPC Central Committee General Office

Director, Office of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee

Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee

2012-2014 Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat

Director, CPC Central Committee General Office

Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee

2012 Deputy Director (minister level) in charge of routine work and Director, CPC Central Committee General Office

Secretary, Working Committee of the Organs Directly under the CPC Central Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress

2010-2012 Secretary, CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial People's Congress

2008-2010 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Governor, Heilongjiang Province

2007-2008 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Acting Governor, Heilongjiang Province

2004-2007 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

Vice Governor, Heilongjiang Province

Studied executive business administration at Harbin Institute of Technology and received an executive MBA degree (2005-2007)

2003-2004 Deputy Secretary, CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee

2002-2003 Deputy Secretary, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

Secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal People's Congress

2002 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

Secretary, CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal People's Congress

2000-2002 Member of Standing Committee and Head of Organization Department, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

1998-2000 Member of Standing Committee; Deputy Head of Leading Group for Rural Work and its Office Director, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee

Attended an in-service graduate program in business economics at Department of Finance and Trade, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1996-1998)

1997-1998 Member of Standing Committee and Deputy Head of Leading Group for Rural Work, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

1993-1997 Member of Standing Committee and Secretary-General, CPC Hebei Provincial Committee

Studied economics through Correspondence School of the Central Party School (1992-1994)

1990-1993 Deputy Secretary, CPC Chengde Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province Commissioner, Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province

1986-1990 Secretary, CYL Hebei Provincial Committee

Took a training course in Party building theory at the Central Party School (Feb-Aug 1988)

1985-1986 Deputy Secretary, CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province Commissioner, Shijiazhuang Prefecture, Hebei Province

1983-1985 Secretary, CPC Wuji County Committee, Hebei Province

1976-1983 Administrative secretary and Chief, Information Section, Office of the CPC Shijiazhuang Prefectural Committee, Hebei Province

Studied at Department of Political Education, Night College, Hebei Normal University (1980-1983)

1972-1976 Administrative secretary and deputy head, Office of the Shijiazhuang Prefecture Commercial Bureau, Hebei Province

1971-1972 Studied commodity prices at Shijiazhuang Prefecture Finance and Trade School, Hebei Province

Alternate member, 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees

Member, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees

Member, Political Bureau and Secretariat, 18th CPC Central Committee

Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, 19th CPC Central Committee.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China