Li Yuanchao

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

Li Yuanchao (Chinese: 李源潮, born as 李援朝; pinyin: Lǐ Yuáncháo, born November 1950 in Lianshui County, Huai'an, Jiangsu) is a prominent politician in the People's Republic of China, serving on the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and as the head of its Organization Department. From 2002-2007 Li served as the Communist Party of China Secretary of Jiangsu, the first-in-charge of an area of significant economic development in recent years. He is considered an incoming figure of China's fifth generation of leadership.

Biography

Li graduated with a bachelor degree in Mathematics at Fudan University and a doctoral degree in Economics at Beijing University. He has held the number-one position in Jiangsu since December 2002. At the time he was also concurrently the party chief in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu. During his tenure in Jiangsu, Li assessed local officials in terms of performance measured by social and environmental factors, as opposed to purely economic ones. An ally of General Secretary Hu Jintao, Li became the head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China after the 17th Party Congress in October 2007.

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Preceded by Hui Liangyu	CPC Jiangsu Committee Secretary 2002—2007	Succeeded by Liang Baohua
Preceded by Chen Huanyou	Chairman of Jiangsu People's Congress 2003—2007	Succeeded by Wang Shouting
Preceded by He Guoqiang	Head of CPC Central Organization Department 2007 –	Succeeded by incumbent