Li Ganjie (; born November 11 1964) is a Chinese politician serving as

Communist Party 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 ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province and a member of the

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. He has previously served as head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration,

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of Hebei, and the Minister of Ecology and Environment (previously as the Minister of Environmental Protection) from 2017 to 2020.

Biography

Li was born in Wangcheng County, Hunan province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1984, while attending

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...

, where he studied industrial physics and nuclear safety. He has a master's degree in engineering. In July 1989, after completing graduate studies, he became an engineer at the

National Nuclear Safety Administration National Nuclear Safety Administration () or NNSA is a central government agency responsible for regulating nuclear safety, supervision on all civilian nuclear infrastructure in China. It also inspects nuclear safety activities and regulate the ...

's Beijing office. Between September 1991 and January 1993, he studied in France. Between March 1993 and July 1998, he took on a series of successively senior roles at the Nuclear Safety Administration. In 1998 he was sent as a ''guazhi'' deputy party secretary of Pingjiang County, Hunan. In January 1999, Li began working at the office of the Chinese Ambassador to France, specializing in technology affairs. In July 2000, he was transferred to the State Administration for Environmental Protection (SEPA, later established as a ministry). He then took on a series of leading positions specializing in nuclear safety, eventually rising to head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration in December 2006. In March 2008, after reforms, Li took on the concurrent post of Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection. In October 2016, Li was transferred to become Deputy Party Secretary of Hebei province. In June 2017, Li was named Minister of Environmental Protection. At the time of his appointment he was the youngest member of the ministerial level officials of the State Council. In April 2020, Li was appointed as the acting Governor of

Shandong Province Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizatio ...

. He was elected as the governor in July. In October 2022, Li was elected to the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He is the youngest member of the Politburo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Ganjie Tsinghua University alumni 1964 births Politicians from Changsha Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Governors of Shandong