Li Rongcan ( zh, s=李荣灿; born September 1966) is a Chinese politician, serving as chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since January 2023. Li was a representative of the 19th and is a representative of the

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. He is an alternate of the

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. He is a member of the 14th National Committee of the

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Early life and education

Li was born in

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, in September 1966, the year the

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broke out. In 1985, he entered Jiangxi College of Finance and Economics (now Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics), where he majored in

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. He joined the

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(CCP) in March 1987 during his sophomore year. In 2000, he obtained his

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degree from the University of International Business and Economics.

Career

After graduation in 1989, Li was assigned as official to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, which was reshuffled as the Ministry of Commerce in 2003. There, he assumed various posts and was finally elevated to assistant minister in January 2011. Li was appointed vice governor of

northwest China Northwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate. ...

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

province in January 2013 and in June 2015 was admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. He was

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in October 2016, in addition to serving as first secretary of the Party Working Committee of Lanzhou New Area. In April 2021, Li was transferred to

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province, where he was made head of the Organization Department of the CCP Hubei Provincial Committee and president of the CCP Hubei Provincial Party School. He was also admitted to standing committee member of the CCP Hubei Provincial Committee, the province's top authority. In March 2022, he rose to specifically designated deputy party secretary, succeeded . In January 2023, Li took office as chairman of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the provincial advisory body.

References

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