Li Jingtian

Li at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2013

Li Jingtian (Chinese: 李景田; born January 1948) is a Chinese politician of Manchu heritage. Between 2007 and 2013, he served as the executive vice president of the Central Party School.^[1] He currently serves on the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress.

Biography

Born in Jalaid Banner, Inner Mongolia, Li joined the Communist Party of China in February, 1971. From 1968, he served in Nenjiang County of Heilongjiang Province and was the secretary of the Communist Youth League Nengjiang committee. In 1976, Li was elevated to vice secretary and later, secretary of CYL Heihe committee. He entered the Central Organization Department of the Communist Party of China in 1978, and in 1995, he was promoted to director of organization bureau of the Department. In 1998, Li was transferred to Shanxi Province and became a standing committee member and director of organization department of CPC Shanxi committee. He was later promoted to vice Party chief of Shanxi. In 2001, Li was transferred back to the Central Organization Department and served as vice director. In 2005, he became the director of research office of Party history of the CPC. By the end of 2007, Li was appointed as the executive vice president of CPC Central Party School (rank equivalent of minister). He left the post in 2013.

Li was an alternate member of the 16th and 17th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.

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