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Li Zhanshu
栗战书
10th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 March 2018
DeputyWang Chen
General secretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byZhang Dejiang
Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China
In office
31 August 2012 – 15 November 2017
DeputyDing Xuexiang
Chen Shiju
Meng Xiangfeng
General secretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byLing Jihua
Succeeded byDong Xuexiang
Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou
In office
August 2010 – July 2012
GovernorZhao Kezhi
Preceded byShi Zongyuan
Succeeded byZhao Kezhi
Governor of Heilongjiang
In office
December 2007 – August 2010
Preceded byZhang Zuoji
Succeeded byWang Xiankui
Personal details
Born (1950-08-30) 30 August 1950 (age 74)
Pingshan, Hebei
Political partyCommunist Party of China (1975-present)
Alma materHebei Normal University, Harbin Institute of Technology
Li Zhanshu
"Li Zhanshu" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese栗战书
Traditional Chinese栗戰書
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLì Zhànshū
Wade–GilesLi Chan-shu
IPA[lî ʈʂân.ʂú]

Li Zhanshu (Chinese: 栗战书; pinyin: Lì Zhànshū; born August 30, 1950) is a Chinese politician, and the current Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, head of China's top legislative body. He is a No.3 member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body.[1] Li began his political career in rural regions of his native Hebei province, methodically rising through the ranks as the Communist Party Secretary of Xi'an, Governor of Heilongjiang province, and the Party Secretary of Guizhou province. In 2012, he was transferred to become chief of the General Office of the Communist Party of China. Following the 18th Party Congress, Li became one of the top advisors to party General Secretary Xi Jinping. He is widely regarded as a senior member of “Xi Jinping Clique”, one of the main political factions within the Communist Party of China. [2] A New York Times investigation (published on August 12th 2020) reveals that the family of three top CCP officials including Li Zhanshu’s daughter Li Qianxin have luxury homes in Hong Kong worth a total of more than $51 million. [3]

Early career

Li was born in Pingshan County, Hebei province in 1950.[4] He became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1975.[4] He started his career as an ordinary functionary in the capital of his home province, Shijiazhuang, working as an office worker for the Shijiazhuang commercial bureau and the Shijiazhuang party committee. In 1980, Li studied night school at the Hebei Normal University. After graduating, he was promoted to Party Secretary of Wuji County (at around the same time, the party chief of neighbouring Zhengding County was Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China).

For the next decade, Li took on progressively senior roles in Hebei province, including deputy party chief and Commissioner of Shijiazhuang prefecture (not equivalent to mayor), head of the provincial Communist Youth League organization, Commissioner of Chengde prefecture, member of the Party Standing Committee of Hebei and Secretary-General of the provincial party committee.

Regional leadership

In 1998, Li was transferred to Shaanxi province to serve on its party leadership council and become the head of its provincial Organization Department. Beginning in January 2002, Li became the Party Secretary of Xi'an. In May, he concurrently took on the role of deputy party chief of Shaanxi province. During his term in Xi'an, Li was known to have set the goal for Xi'an to become the "best city in the western interior".

In December 2003, Li became Deputy Party Secretary of Heilongjiang, and assumed the post of Vice Governor about a year later.[5] At the time, outside observers classified Li as a member of the Tuanpai, i.e., officials with a background in the Communist Youth League. On December 25, 2007, then Governor Zhang Zuoji resigned, and Li took over as acting Governor, confirmed in January 2008.[6] In August 2010, Li became the Party Secretary of Guizhou province, taking on his first role in the top office of a province. At the time, Li was not yet a full member of the Central Committee; it was considered very rare for someone to hold office as a provincial party chief without a full seat on the Central Committee.[7]

General Office

In July 2012, Li was transferred to Beijing to serve as the executive deputy director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China, being groomed to replace Ling Jihua. He assumed office as Director of the General Office two months later. [8] Three months later, Li was also named Secretary of the Work Committee for Organs Directly Reporting to the Central Committee (中直工委书记).[9] Regarded as a "rising star", Li was elected to the Politburo of the Communist Party of China at the 18th Party Congress held in November 2012, which was unusual for a General Office chief (Ling Jihua, for example, was not a member of the Politburo), signalling that Li would hold significant clout under Xi Jinping's administration. Additionally, as was customary of the general office chief, Li was also named a Secretary of the Central Secretariat.[10] In 2013, Li was also named chief of the General Office of the newly formed National Security Commission.

Li has played a major role in facilitating a strong relationship between China and Russia, and is the first General Office chief in post-Mao China to have played such an active role in foreign affairs. For example, in 2015 Li was sent as a "special representative" of Xi Jinping to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.[11] During the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade held in Moscow, Li was a member of the Chinese delegation. Li was known to have accompanied Xi on the President's various meetings with foreign guests, including on Xi's 2015 state visit to the United States.

Li, seen as one of the most influential members of Xi Jinping's inner circle, was considered a "dark horse" candidate for the 19th Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body which will take office in 2017.[12]

Li was an alternate member of the 16th and 17th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China and was a full member of the 18th Central Committee.

Standing Committee

Li was chosen to be a member of the 19th Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body, at the 1st Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on 25 October 2017.[13]

On March 17, 2018, Li was elected as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.[14]

On September 8, 2018, Li acted as special representative to General Secretary Xi Jinping on a visit to North Korea to participate in the 70th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.[15]

Regarding his work, Li claims to abide by a "three-nos" principal: they are: "no messing around with other people, no playing games, no loafing on the job."[16]

Family

Li's great-uncle Li Zaiwen (栗再温; 1908–1967) served as Vice Governor of Shandong province. Li's daughter, Li Qianxin (栗潜心), has been reported by Chinese-language media as being active in Hong Kong, and is one of the Vice-Chairs of the Hua Jing Society, a youth organization promoting mainland-Hong Kong cooperation.[17] Li Qianxin (born June 1982) reportedly bought a townhouse in Hong Kong's Stanley Beach for $15 million in 2013. [18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "China unveils new leadership line-up with no clear successor to Xi". Reuters. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. ^ "Members of the Xi Jinping Clique Revealed".
  3. ^ "Luxury Homes Tie Chinese Communist Elite to Hong Kong's Fate".
  4. ^ a b "Li Zhanshu". Archived from the original on 2018-10-09.
  5. ^ 栗战书、刘学良任黑龙江省副省长 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua News. 2004-10-11. Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  6. ^ 栗战书履新黑龙江省代省长. ynet.com (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2015-01-12. (北京青年报》网站)
  7. ^ 栗战书任贵州省委书记. china.com (in Chinese (China)). 2010-08-21. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  8. ^ Tang, Danlu (2012-09-01). "Ling Jihua appointed head of United Front Work Department". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  9. ^ 栗战书兼任中直工委书记 令计划不再兼任. zzdjw.com (in Chinese (China)). 2012-11-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  10. ^ 十八届一中全会选举中央政治局委员 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua News. 2012-11-15. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  11. ^ "Meeting with Director of General Office of Chinese Communist Party Li Zhanshu". Kremlin.ru. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  12. ^ 十九大常委人事大推测，天王卡位战激烈预热（图）. Sina Daily. July 15, 2013. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  13. ^ Wen, Philip; Blanchard, Ben (24 October 2017). "China unveils new leadership line-up with no clear successor to Xi". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  14. ^ 栗战书当选为十三届全国人大常委会委员长. Xinhua. 2018-03-17. Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  15. ^ 习近平总书记特别代表栗战书将访问朝鲜. Xinhua. 2018-09-04. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  16. ^ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Xi_Jinping_s_China/bb2rDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22li+zhanshu%22&pg=PT182&printsec=frontcover
  17. ^ 习近平爱将栗战书之女以红二代港人身份活跃香港. Wenxuecity.com. September 10, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  18. ^ "Luxury Homes Tie Chinese Communist Elite to Hong Kong's Fate".
Assembly seats
Preceded by Chairman of the Standing Committee of
the National People's Congress
2018– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
2012–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Heilongjiang
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Premier of the State Council 3rd Ranking of the Communist Party of China
19th Politburo Standing Committee 		Succeeded byas Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee
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