China Vitae : Biography of Li Yizhong

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004

People's Daily Online

XINHUA Online (China View)

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 12/27/2010
Career Data Updated: 12/27/2010

Li Yizhong 李毅中

Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee

Born: 1945

Birthplace: Shanxi Province, Datong City

Biography

Li Yizhong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Datong City, Shanxi Province. He was born in 1945, graduated from Beijing Petroleum College in 1966, entered the work force in 1967, and joined the CPC in 1980. Li has more than 30 years of management experience in the petroleum and petrochemical industry of China. He has served as deputy general manager of the China National Petrochemical Corporation as well as the China Donglian Petrochemical Group Company.

From 2008-2010 he was Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Li was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and is now a member of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

Career Data

2008—2008	Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CPC, Leading Party Group
2008—2010	Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CPC, Leading Party Group
2008—2010	Minister, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology	§
2007—	Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2005—2008	Secretary, State Administration of Work Safety CPC, Leading Party Group
2005—2008	Director, State Administration of Work Safety
2003—2005	Deputy Director, State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
2003—2005	Secretary, State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission CPC, Leading Party Group
2002—2007	Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2000—2003	Chairman, Sinopec Corp., Board of the Directors
1998—2000	General Manager, Sinopec Corp.
1998—2000	Secretary, Sinopec Corp. CPC, Leading Party Group
1997—1998	Secretary, China Donglian Petrochemical Group Company, Ltd. CPC, Leading Party Group
1997—2002	Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1997—1998	Chairman, Yizheng Chemical Fibre Company Ltd., Board of the Directors (Yizheng Chemical Fibre Company Limited)
1997—1998	General Manager, China Donglian Petrochemical Group Company, Ltd.
1997—1998	Chairman, China Donglian Petrochemical Group Company, Ltd., Board of the Directors
1992—1997	Alternate Member, 14th CPC, Central Committee
1987—1998	Deputy General Manager, Sinopec Corp.
1987—1997	Executive Deputy General Manager, Sinopec Corp.
1987—1997	Deputy Secretary, Sinopec Corp. CPC, Leading Party Group
1984—1987	Manager, Sinopec Corp. (Formerly known as Qilu Petrochemical Company)
1980—1984	Director, Vice-Executive Engineer, Sinopec Corp.
1967—1984	Worker, Qilu Petrochemical Corp., Shengli Oil Refining Factory Shandong Province, Shengli
1967—1984	Head, Qilu Petrochemical Corp., Shengli Oil Refining Factory Shandong Province, Shengli
1966	Graduate, Beijing Petroleum Institute, Refining Department Beijing Municipality

Recent Travel & Appearances

25 Dec 10	APPEARANCE	China's top legislature appoints new minister of industry, information technology
06 Nov 10	APPEARANCE	Chinese industrial value-added output to grow 13.5% this year: minister
08 Oct 10	APPEARANCE	China expected to achieve energy efficiency goal on schedule: Li Yizhong
16 May 10	TRAVEL	Travelled to Zhejiang Province, Ningbo City Li Yizhong addressed the opening ceremony of Shanghai Expo 2010's theme forum on information and communication technologies (ICT) and urban development.
12 Apr 10	TRAVEL	Travelled to USA, Washington D.C. and met with the following: • Barack Obama (U.S. President) Hu Jintao met with U.S. President Barack Obama.
09 Feb 10	APPEARANCE	Li Keqiang made remarks at the first plenary meeting of the recently-established food safety commission under the State Council.
07 Jan 10	APPEARANCE	Zhang Dejiang inspected four major 3G operators, namely Datang Telecom, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile.
21 Dec 09	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Francois Fillon (Prime Minister of France) Wen Jiabao held talks with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
29 Nov 09	TRAVEL	Travelled to Shanghai Municipality Wen Jiabao made an inspection tour in Shanghai and Jiangsu.
13 Oct 09	TRAVEL	Was in Beijing Municipality and met with the following: • Vladimir Putin (Prime Minister of Russia) Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed the joint communique of the 14th regular prime ministers' talks between China and Russia.