Li Jiheng (; born January 1957) is a Chinese politician, who former served as Minister of Civil Affairs. He also is the former

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 ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, the former

Communist Party Chief 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 ...

and Governor of

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

province and a former

Deputy Party Chief In modern politics of China, Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, ...

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...

Career

Guangxi

Li Jiheng is a native of

Guigang Guigang (; Zhuang: ''Gveigangj'') is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. Prior to 1988, it was known as Gui County or Guixian (). Geography and climate Guigang is located in eastern Guangxi. It is locate ...

. He joined the

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in October 1976, at the age of 19. From November 1976 to August 1979 Li studied at the Department of Chinese of

Guangxi University Guangxi University (), known as Xida (), is a provincial research university located in Nanning, Guangxi and the oldest and largest university in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The university helped pioneer higher education in central a ...

. From 1985 to 1991 Li Jiheng served as Deputy

of Gui County (now Guigang City), and Party Chief of Pingnan County and Guiping County, all in Guangxi. He was promoted to Deputy Party Chief of

Hechi Hechi () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, bordering Guizhou to the north. In June 2002 it gained city status. Geography and climate Hechi is located in northwestern ...

prefecture in 1991, and Party Chief in 1995. In 1996 he was transferred to nearby Yulin prefecture to become its Communist Party Chief. From 1999 to 2003 Li was a part-time student at the

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of the

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese research institute and think tank. The institution is the premier comprehensive national academic research organization in the People's Republic of China for the study in the fields of ...

, where he studied Administration of Agricultural Economy and obtained a doctoral degree. In 2001 Li Jiheng became the Party Chief of

Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of ...

, the capital of Guangxi, and in March 2005 he was promoted to Deputy Party Chief of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Yunnan

In July 2006 Li Jiheng was transferred to the neighbouring province of

to become its

Deputy Party Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the deputy ...

. In August 2011 he was appointed Acting Governor of Yunnan, succeeding

Qin Guangrong Qin Guangrong (; born 25 December 1950) is a former Chinese politician. He previous served as deputy chair of the committee on internal legal affairs of the National People's Congress, from 2014 to 2018, the Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan p ...

, who was promoted to Communist Party Chief of the province. In February 2012 Li was elected Governor by the Yunnan Provincial Congress. In October 2014, Li was appointed Party Chief of Yunnan, replacing

. Li was an alternate member of the

15th 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 (number), 14 and preceding 16 (number), 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...

16th 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ...

, and 17th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a full member of the 18th Central Committee.

Inner Mongolia

In August 2016, Li Jiheng was appointed as the

by the CCP Central Committee.

Ministry of Civil Affairs

On October 26, 2019, Li Jiheng was appointed as the Minister of Civil Affairs by the

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National People's Congress

On February 28, 2022, he became vice chairperson of the

National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee The National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee () is one of nine Special committee of the National People's Congress, special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic o ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Jiheng Living people 1957 births Governors of Yunnan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangxi People's Republic of China politicians from Guangxi People from Guigang Political office-holders in Inner Mongolia Political office-holders in Guangxi Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Guangxi University alumni