Li Xilin (; born 2 October 1930) is a

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in the

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of China who served as commander of the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In Mar ...

from 1992 to 1996. He was a delegate to the

7th National People's Congress The 7th National People's Congress () was in session from 1988 to 1993. It held five sessions in this period. Election results Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in 1988, the Congress elected the state leaders: *President of the People's ...

. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th

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. He was a member of the

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Biography

Li was born Li Ruilin () in Ji County (now Jizhou District,

Hengshui Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shandong to the southeast. At the 2010 census its population was 4,340,373 inhabitants whom 522,147 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') are ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, on 2 October 1930. He enlisted in the

(PLA) in December 1945, and joined the

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(CCP) in September 1947. He served in South Hebei Military District before serving in various administrative 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 ...

province. In 1954, he was assigned to the

. He moved up the ranks to become deputy chief of staff in 1983 and chief of staff in 1985. In April 1990, he became deputy commander, rising to commander in October 1992. He was promoted to the rank of

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('' zhongjiang'') in September 1988 and

('' shangjiang'') in May 1994.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Xilin 1930 births Living people People from Hengshui People's Liberation Army generals from Hebei People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party