Li Min

This article is about the People's Republic of China politician. For the Tang Dynasty emperor, see Emperor Zhaozong of Tang.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Min (Chinese: 李敏; pinyin: Lǐ Mǐn; born 1936 in Zhidan, Yan'an, Shaanxi with family roots in Xiangtan, Hunan), original name Mao Jiaojiao (Chinese: 毛姣姣; pinyin: Máo Jiāojiāo), is the daughter of Mao Zedong, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the Peoples' Republic of China and his second (or third) wife, He Zizhen. Her surname is Li rather than Mao, because Mao had changed his name to "Li Desheng" (simplified Chinese: 李德胜; traditional Chinese: 李德勝; pinyin: Lǐ Déshèng) for a period of time to prevent from being chased by Kuomintang army during the Chinese Civil War.

Biography

She married Kong Linghua (simplified Chinese: 孔令华; traditional Chinese: 孔令華; pinyin: Kǒng Lìnghuá) in 1959. She has one son, Kong Jining (simplified Chinese: 孔继宁; traditional Chinese: 孔繼寧; pinyin: Kǒng Jìníng) and one daughter, Kong Dongmei (simplified Chinese: 孔东梅; traditional Chinese: 孔東梅; pinyin: Kǒng Dōngméi).

Li Min was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.