Li Boyong (; born May 1932) is a Chinese politician who served as from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

9th National People's Congress The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress. Election result ...

Biography

Li was born in Harbin,

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

, Manchukuo, in May 1932, while his

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Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

. In 1948, he enrolled at Harbin Institute of Technology and before long he became an interpreter in the

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the Peo ...

. He joined the

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(CCP) in February 1957. In 1958, he went on to the

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, where he majored in airplane engine. After graduation, he was despatched to the 3rd Design Department of the 1st Branch of the 5th Academy of the

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and was reassigned to the 7th Ministry of Machinery Industry in 1973. In 1984, he was appointed president of the

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, in addition to serving as chief engineer of the

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. During his term in office, hr presided over the development of the Long March rockets engines. In 1986, he became , rising to minister in 1993. He also served as

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and vice governor of

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 ...

from 1990 to 1993. In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Law Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Boyong 1932 births Living people People from Harbin Harbin Institute of Technology alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Heilongjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Heilongjiang Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress