Li Lecheng (; born 27 March 1965) is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Liaoning, in office since 20 October 2021. previously he served as executive vice governor of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

Biography

Li was born in

Jianli County Jianli () is a county-level city of southern Hubei, Hubei Province, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River and bordering Hunan, Hunan Province to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou, Jingzhou City. The ...

, on 27 March 1965. In 1980, he entered Huazhong Institute of Technology (now

Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public research university located in Guanshan Subdistrict, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university directly affiliated to the Ministry of E ...

), majoring in mechanical manufacturing process equipment and automation, where he graduated in 1984. Li served in several posts at Shayang Machinery Factory in

Jingmen Jingmen () is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area ...

since August 1984, including technician, director of Technology Section, director of Technology Development Office, deputy factory director, and factory director. He joined the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CPC) in December 1991. He served as deputy general manager of Jingmen Machinery Metallurgical Industry Corporation in December 1996, and soon promoted to the general manager position in February 1998. In November 2000, he became vice chairman of Hubei Dongguang Group Co., Ltd., rising to chairman the next year. Li got involved in politics in January 2002, when he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Jingmen Municipal Committee, the city's top authority. He was appointed president of Jingmen Trade Union Federation in February 2002, concurrently serving as head of Organization Department since September 2003. In January 2007, he was elevated to vice mayor. In February 2008, he was promoted to acting mayor of

Yichang Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...

, confirmed in March of that same year. In March 2013, he was appointed director of Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission, he remained in that position until February 2017, when he was transferred to

Xiangyang Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, China and the second largest city in Hubei by population. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city no ...

and appointed party secretary, the top political position in the city. In June 2017, he was promoted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He rose to become executive vice governor of Hubei in January 2021. On 20 October 2021, he was promoted again to become acting governor of Liaoning, replacing

Liu Ning Liu Ning (; born January 1962) is a Chinese politician, serving since October 2021 as Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi. Previously he served as Governor of Liaoning. He spent much of his career in water resources. Career Liu was born in Li ...

, who was transferred to

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

and appointed party secretary.

References

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