Li Congjun (; born October 1949) is the former President of China's

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. He retired in December 2014 and was replaced by

Cai Mingzhao Cai Mingzhao (; born 16 June 1955) is a Chinese politician and journalist. He was appointed President of the Xinhua News Agency in December 2014, succeeding Li Congjun, who had retired. Cai formerly served as deputy director of the State Counci ...

Biography

Li was born in Liu'an,

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. He started working in October 1968, and joined the

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(CPC) in May 1983. In 1985, he obtained a doctorate in literature from the department of Chinese literature of

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. He became a standing committee member of the CPC

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committee and the director of the CPC propaganda department of Zhejiang in January 1999. He became vice director of the CPC central propaganda department in February 2001. In August 2007, he was appointed to the position of CPC party chief and vice president of Xinhua News Agency, and in March 2008 was promoted to president of that agency. He is a member of the

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and was a member of the

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. He is also a member of the education, science, culture and health committee of the

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