Li Chongxi 李崇禧 |
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Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference | |
In office January 2013 – January 2014 |
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Preceded by | Tao Wuxian |
Succeeded by | Ke Zunping |
Deputy Party Secretary of Sichuan | |
In office May 2002 – September 2011 |
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Secretary | Liu Qibao |
Preceded by | Wang Sanyun |
Succeeded by | Li Chuncheng |
Secretary-General of the Sichuan Communist Party Committee | |
In office August 2000 – May 2002 |
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Party Secretary | Zhou Yongkang |
Preceded by | Feng Chongtai |
Succeeded by | Guo Yongxiang |
Communist Party Secretary of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture | |
In office March 1996 – August 2000 |
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Personal details | |
Born | January 1951 (age 66) Jianyang, Sichuan |
Political party | Communist Party of China (1975–2014, expelled) |
Residence | Chengdu |
Alma mater | Sichuan University of Finance and Economics |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Public finance |
Li Chongxi (Chinese: 李崇禧; pinyin: Lǐ Chóngxǐ; born January 1951) is a former Chinese politician. From 2013 to 2014, Li served as the Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference, a mostly ceremonial legislative consultation body. Prior to that, Li served as the Deputy Party Secretary of Sichuan province. Li Chongxi has been linked to disgraced former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang.
Li was born in Jianyang, Sichuan in January 1951. Li got involved in politics in April 1972 and he joined the Communist Party of China in May 1975.
After taking the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (NCEE) in 1977, Li entered Sichuan University of Finance and Economics in September 1978, majoring in public finance and graduated in August 1982. After graduation, Li worked in Chengdu as an officer.
In March 1995 he was promoted to become the Vice-Secretary of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a position he held until March 1996, when he was transferred to Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and appointed its party secretary. Li served as a Standing Committee member of the CPC Sichuan Committee and Secretary of Sichuan between August 2000 to May 2002.
Li was elevated to the Deputy Party Secretary of Sichuan in May 2002, he remained in that position until September 2011. Li's time in provincial politics saw him work under four successive party secretaries, including Zhou Yongkang, Zhang Xuezhong, Liu Qibao, and Du Qinglin.