Li Yifei (born January 1964) is a Chinese politician who is the current

Party Secretary of Ningxia The secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's ...

, in office since June 2024. He previously served as political commissar and party secretary of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). He was a representative of the

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. He is a member of the

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Early life and education

Li was born in

Mojiang County Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in the south of Yunnan Province, China. It borders Zhenyuan County and Xinping County to the north, Yuanjiang County, Honghe County and ...

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, in January 1964. In 1980, he enrolled in

Kunming Medical University Kunming Medical University, previously known as ''Kunming Medical College'', is a medical school located in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China. History In 1933, Donglu University initiated specialized program in medicine, which was the origin ...

, majoring in

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, after graduating in 1985, he worked at the university. He also earned his Master of Public Administration degree from

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

in 2008.

Career in Yunnan

He got involved in politics in June 1986, when he was appointed as an official in the Yunnan Provincial Labor and Personnel Department and then to Yunnan Provincial Economic and Trade Commission in November 1998. In November 2001, he was made deputy director of Yunnan Provincial Nonferrous Geological Bureau, and served until July 2003, when he was transferred to Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and appointed

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. In December 2009, he took office as deputy party secretary of

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, a major city and the capital of Yunnan. In December 2012, he became deputy secretary-general of Yunnan, rising to secretary-general in February 2015. He became a member of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the

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(CCP) in May 2016 before being assigned to the similar position in the neighboring

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province in March 2017. He also served as head of Organization Department of CCP Guizhou Provincial Committee between April 2017 and May 2020.

Career in Xinjiang

In May 2020, he was assigned to

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's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Xinjiang Regional Committee, the region's top authority. He was head of Organization Department of CCP Xinjiang Regional Committee in June 2020, and held that office until July 2021, when he was promoted to become deputy party secretary of Xinjiang and

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of Education Committee. On 19 October 2021, he took up the post of political commissar and party secretary of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, concurrently serving as chairman of China Xinjian Group Corporation. His predecessor Wang Junzheng was appointed party secretary of Tibet.

Career in Ningxia

On 26 June 2024, Li was appointed

party secretary of Ningxia The secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's ...

, succeeding Liang Yanshun.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Yifei 1964 births Living people People from Mojiang Hani Autonomous County Kunming Medical University alumni Tsinghua University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Yunnan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Yunnan Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party