Li Jinbin (; born February 1958) is a Chinese politician who has served as the

Chinese Communist Party Committee 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 ...

of Anhui from 2016 to 2021. Originally from Sichuan province, Li spent his early career in Jilin province. He was Vice Governor of

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from 2002 to 2007. He then worked briefly in

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

before being transferred to Anhui to take on increasingly senior leadership roles.

Biography

Li Jinbin was born in February 1958 in

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province. He joined the work force in December 1974, and the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in September 1978. He has a doctoral degree in law. Li spent much of his career in

province in

Northeast China Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...

. He worked at the education bureau of Jilin, before serving as

Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary 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, ...

Changchun Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin, Jilin Province, China, on the Songliao Plain. Changchun is administered as a , comprising seven districts, one county and three county-level cities. At the 2020 census of China, Changchun ha ...

, the provincial capital. He later served as Mayor of

Tonghua Tonghua ( zh, s=通化 , p=Tōnghuà) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, ...

city and Party Chief of

Liaoyuan Liaoyuan ( zh, s=辽源 , t=遼源 , p=Liáoyuán) is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Ji ...

city. He became Vice Governor of Jilin province in August 2002. From 2002 to 2007 he studied at the graduate school of

Jilin University Jilin University (JLU) is a public university in the city of Changchun, Jilin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. History Founded ...

on a part-time basis. In 2007, Li was appointed director of the Organization Department of the

party committee. Beginning in 2013, Li experienced a series of rapid promotions. In April that year, he was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of

Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...

province. On 8 June 2015, he became Acting

Governor of Anhui The governor of Anhui, officially the Governor of the Anhui Provincial People's Government, is the head of Anhui, Anhui Province and leader of the Anhui Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Anhui Provincial People's Congre ...

, succeeding Wang Xuejun, who had been promoted to provincial party chief; he was confirmed as governor on July 28. Just over a year later, in August 2016, Li was elevated again to provincial party chief, again succeeding Wang Xuejun. Although it was considered conventional practice for a sitting governor to advance to the party chief position, the rapid pace of the promotions between 2013 and 2016 was notable. On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the

National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee The Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress () is one of nine special committees of the National People's Congress, the national legislature of the People's Republic of China. The special ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Jinbin Living people 1958 births Chinese Communist Party politicians from Sichuan People's Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Governors of Anhui Politicians from Chengdu Political office-holders in Jilin Political office-holders in Shaanxi Mayors of places in China Jilin University alumni Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Delegates to the 9th National People's Congress