Yin Li (; born August 1962) is a Chinese politician and former public health official, who currently serves as the

Communist Party secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

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and a member of the

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. Previously, he served as the

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Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

and the

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Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

. A health professional with diverse international experience, Yin held leading positions in the

China Food and Drug Administration The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, , formerly the China Food and Drug Administration, or CFDA) was founded on the basis of the former State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). In March 2013, the former regulatory body was rebra ...

and the

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, before entering government.

Biography

Yin was born in

Linyi County, Shandong Linyi () is a prefecture-level city of Shandong. * Lanshan District, Linyi, formerly Linyi County () and county-level city, now the urban center of Linyi Linyi may also refer to: * Linyi County, Dezhou (), Shandong **Linyi Town, Dezhou (), town in ...

. He studied at

Shandong Experimental High School Shandong Experimental High School, (abbreviation:SEHS) () is a provincial key high school, the first experimental high school, founded on October 10, 1948, in Shandong Province. Since its foundation it has carried out research on educational sys ...

and then Shandong Medical College (later merged with

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by ...

). He earned a graduate degree in public health administration in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. In 1993 he began working at the State Council Research Office. At the research office, he served as the head of its international department, and as an inspection officer. Between 2002 and 2003 Yin completed a study term as a visiting scholar at the

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first ...

. In May 2003 he began work at the Ministry of Health, where he served as deputy chief of staff, international cooperation director, chief of staff, and by September 2008, Vice Minister of Health. In 2004 he joined the executive committee of the

. In February 2012, he was named head of the State Drug Administration. In April 2013, he was named deputy director of the newly created

National Health and Family Planning Commission The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) was a cabinet-level executive department under the State Council which is responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, ...

, and deputy director of the

, which was the result of the amalgamation of several government departments. In March 2015, he was 'parachuted' into Sichuan to become deputy provincial party chief; in May 2015, he also became provincial propaganda chief. It was notable that prior to 2015, Yin had no regional political experience at all. On 29 January 2016, Yin assumed the post of Governor of Sichuan after his predecessor

Wei Hong Wei Hong (; born May 1954) is a Chinese politician who served as the Governor of Sichuan province between 2013 and 2016. Prior to his assuming the post of governor, he served as vice governor and head of the party Organization Department in Sich ...

resigned in the wake of an internal party investigation into his conduct. Yin was the first provincial Governor to swear allegiance to the Constitution as part of his inauguration ceremony. On December 1, 2020, Yin was appointed as the CPC Secretary of

. He served until November 13, 2022. Yin was an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and is a full member of the 19th Central Committee. He is a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

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Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yin, Li Politicians from Dezhou 1962 births Living people Governors of Sichuan Shandong University alumni Alternate members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress