Li Guoying (; born December 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the minister of water resources. He was previously the

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 ...

. A hydraulic engineer by profession, Li worked in his early career as a technician and administrator in the national ministry of water works, the Yellow River Commission, and in Heilongjiang province. He was transferred to Anhui in 2015 to serve as deputy party chief before becoming acting governor in 2016.

Biography

He was born in

Yuzhou, Henan Yuzhou ( zh, s=禹州, w=Yü-chou, p=Yǔzhōu) is a county-level city in the central part of Henan, People's Republic of China. Yuzhou City, referred to as "Jun", was called Yangzhai, Junzhou and Yingchuan in ancient times, and also called Xiadu, ...

province. He studied hydroelectric power generation and engineering at

North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power The North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU; ) is a provincial public university in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. The university is affiliated with the Province of Henan, and co-sponsored by the provincial government and ...

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine National central city, national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. Th ...

and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1984. He also had a graduate degree in philosophy from the

Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Party School is a higher education institution that trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. It is located in Haidian, Beijing, close to Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace. The current president is Chen Xi, a former member ...

, then a doctorate from Northeast Normal University in environmental science. After graduating university, Li worked for the Yellow River commission of the Ministry of Water Works as a survey technician for the planning and research department. He spent most of his career in the water works system, as the assistant to the chief engineer, then the deputy director of the Yellow River commission, then chief engineer of the national Ministry of Waterworks. He was then transferred in May 1999 to head the department of water works in Heilongjiang. In March 2011, he was named Vice Minister of Water Works and chairman of the Yellow River Commission; he stayed on the post until August 2015, when he was named deputy party chief 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 ...

. He was then elevated to acting governor a year later, on September 1, 2016. His elevation confirmed trends that the senior Communist Party leadership was again showing preference for engineering and technical backgrounds over lifelong apparatchiks. At the time of his appointment Li, 52, was the second youngest governor in China. He was confirmed as governor in a legislative session on January 21, 2017.水利部副部长李国英任安徽省委副书记
/ref> Li was an alternate of the

18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17t ...

and was a full member of the 19th Central Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Guoying 1964 births Living people Northeast Normal University alumni North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power alumni Governors of Anhui Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Politicians from Xuchang Alternates of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Ministers of water resources of the People's Republic of China