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

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.