Li Yunfeng (; born March 1957) is a former Chinese politician who spent his career in

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

province. He served as the secretary-general of the provincial party committee and the Executive Vice Governor of Jiangsu. He was investigated in May 2016 by the Communist Party's anti-graft agency, suspected of corruption.

Biography

Li was born in 1957 in Jurong County, Jiangsu. He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from

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. He was a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution, performing manual labour. He joined the Communist Party in 1981 while he was attending university, and returned home after obtaining his degree. Upon returning home, Li initially worked as an instructor at the

Zhenjiang Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and b ...

party school. In August 1983 he began working as a secretary in the department overseeing the affairs of elderly cadres. In October 1993 he had a ''guazhi'' position as deputy party chief of Jiangyin. In January 1996 he was made deputy chief of the

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of the provincial party organization, and by June 1997 he was made deputy secretary-general. He was elevated to secretary-general in November 2006, serving as chief of staff to then party chief

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, and entering the

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for the first time. Li was named Executive Vice Governor of Jiangsu in 2011. Some media reports suggested that the wives of Li Yunfeng and

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were sisters. On May 30, 2016, Li was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was expelled from the Party on April 7, 2017. On March 22, 2018, Li was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking bribes worth 14.77 million yuan by the Intermediate People's Court in Heze. Li is an alternate member of the

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References

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