Li Xiaolin (; born 1 June 1961) is a Chinese businesswoman, currently serving as vice-president of the

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, a state-owned power generation enterprise. She is the former CEO of

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(

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: 2380). She is the only daughter of former Chinese Premier

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and his wife Zhu Lin. She was trained as a power generation engineer at

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Career

Li was born on

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in June 1961 at Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University in

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, Past is Railway Hospital in

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, She is daughter from three children to

, then fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China, and Zhu Lin, a Russian-language translator. She was the second of Li Peng's three children. Her older brother is Li Xiaopeng. Li followed her father's footsteps and studied power generation, eventually obtaining a Master of Engineering degree in Power System and Automation from the prestigious

. Li claims to have spent time at the

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, however MIT stated that the only record it has of attendance by a student with Li’s name was enrollment in a “non-degree short course” open to anyone who has “intellectual curiosity” and pays $7,500 for 15 days of classes. Currently, she is the only female CEO of a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company. She is also a member of the

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. In 2008, she was named one of the 50 most powerful women in business by Fortune magazine. In 2012, Li was conferred with Tamgha-e-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan). According to

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's China Rich List 2013, she had an estimated personal fortune of US$550 million, making her the 606th wealthiest person in China. In 2014, leaked data obtained by the think tank

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(ICIJ) showed that Li Xiaolin owned assets in the tax haven

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. She had been listed as the director of the BVI

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Tianwo Holdings Ltd and Tianwo Development Ltd since 2005. The report further revealed that Li and her husband opened a Swiss-based account with HSBC in 2001, and by 2006-2007 held $2.45 million on the account; additionally, the couple were listed as owners of Metralco Overseas S.A., registered in Panama. In July 2015, Li Xiaolin was transferred from China Power International to

to serve as a vice-president. In April 2016, Li was named in the

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, linking her to a British Virgin Islands company via a Lichtenstein foundation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Xiaolin 1961 births Living people Li Peng family Tsinghua University alumni Businesspeople from Beijing Children of national leaders of China People named in the Panama Papers North China Electric Power University alumni Members of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference