Li Xi is elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct. 25, 2017. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following is the biographical sketch of Li Xi:
Li Xi, male, Han ethnicity, was born in October 1956 and is from Liangdang, Gansu Province. He began his first job in July 1975 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1982. He graduated from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Northwest Normal University where he completed an undergraduate program in Chinese language and literature. He holds an executive MBA degree.
Li is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress.
2017- Member, CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress
2015-2017 Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress
2014-2015 Deputy Secretary, CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee
Acting Governor, Liaoning Province
Governor, Liaoning Province
2013-2014 Deputy Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
Executive Council Vice Chairman and First Vice President, China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong
2011-2013 Standing Committee member and Organization Department Director, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
2006-2011 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
Secretary, CPC Yan'an Municipal Committee, Shaanxi Province
Chairman, Standing Committee of the Yan'an Municipal People's Congress (concurrently 2007-2009)
Attended an MBA program for senior executives at School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University and was awarded an executive MBA degree (2008-2011)
2004-2006 Standing Committee member and Secretary-General, CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee
2004 Secretary-General, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
2002-2004 Secretary, CPC Zhangye Municipal Committee, Gansu Province
Took a continuing studies course for prefectural- and director general-level officials at the Central Party School (Mar-Jul 2004)
2001-2002 Secretary, CPC Zhangye Prefectural Committee, Gansu Province
1999-2001 Deputy Secretary and Organization Department Director, CPC Lanzhou Municipal Committee, Gansu Province
1996-1999 Standing Committee member and Organization Department Director, CPC Lanzhou Municipal Committee, Gansu Province
1995-1996 Secretary, CPC Xigu District Committee, Lanzhou, Gansu Province
1990-1995 Director-level organization officer, Organization Department, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
Deputy Director, Office for Work concerning Intellectuals, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
Chief, Section for Party and Government Officials, Organization Department, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
1987-1990 Deputy Chief, Section for Official Staffing, Organization Department, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
1986-1987 Deputy director-level organization officer, Organization Section, Organization Department, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
1985-1986 Deputy director-level secretary, General Office, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
1982-1985 Administrative secretary, Secretariat of the Publicity Department, CPC Gansu Provincial Committee
1978-1982 Studied Chinese language and literature at Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Northwest Normal University
1976-1978 Administrative secretary, Culture and Education Bureau, Liangdang County, Gansu Province
Administrative secretary, Office of the CPC Liangdang County Committee, Gansu Province
1975-1976 Educated youth, Yunping Commune, Liangdang County, Gansu Province
Alternate member, 17th and 18th CPC Central Committees
Member, 19th CPC Central Committee
Member, 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau