Li Ganjie Explained

Li Ganjie
Native Name:Chinese: {{nobold|李干杰
Office:Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
Term Start:26 April 2023
Deputy:Jiang Xinzhi (executive)
1Namedata:Xi Jinping
Predecessor:Chen Xi
Office1:Communist Party Secretary of Shandong
Term Start1:30 September 2021
Term End1:29 December 2022
Predecessor1:Liu Jiayi
Successor1:Lin Wu
Deputy1:Zhou Naixiang (Governor)
Office2:Governor of Shandong
Term Start2:17 April 2020
Term End2:30 September 2021
1Namedata2:Liu Jiayi
Predecessor2:Gong Zheng
Successor2:Zhou Naixiang
Office3:Minister of Ecology and Environment
Term Start3:19 March 2018
Term End3:29 April 2020
Predecessor3:Himself (as Minister of Environmental Protection)
Successor3:Huang Runqiu
Premier3:Li Keqiang
Office4:Minister of Environmental Protection
Term Start4:27 June 2017
Term End4:19 March 2018
Predecessor4:Chen Jining
Successor4:Himself (as Minister of Ecology and Environment)
Premier4:Li Keqiang
Birth Date:11 November 1964
Birth Place:Wangcheng County, Hunan
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Tsinghua University

Li Ganjie (; born 11 November 1964) is a Chinese politician serving as the head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and a secretary of the 20th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party. He has previously served as head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, deputy party secretary of Hebei, the Minister of Ecology and Environment (previously as the Minister of Environmental Protection) from 2017 to 2020, and the Communist Party Secretary of Shandong from 2021 to 2022.

Early life

Li was born in Wangcheng County, Hunan province. He joined the CCP in 1984, while attending Tsinghua University, where he studied industrial physics and nuclear safety. He has a master's degree in engineering. In July 1989, after completing graduate studies, he became an engineer at the National Nuclear Safety Administration's Beijing office. Between September 1991 and January 1993, he studied in France.

Political career

Between March 1993 and July 1998, he took on a series of successively senior roles at the Nuclear Safety Administration. In 1998 he was sent as a guazhi deputy party secretary of Pingjiang County, Hunan.

In January 1999, Li began working at the office of the Chinese Ambassador to France, specializing in technology affairs. In July 2000, he was transferred to the State Administration for Environmental Protection (SEPA, later established as a ministry). He then took on a series of leading positions specializing in nuclear safety, eventually rising to head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration in December 2006. In March 2008, after reforms, Li took on the concurrent post of Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection.[1]

In October 2016, Li was transferred to become Deputy Party Secretary of Hebei province.[2]

In June 2017, Li was named Minister of Environmental Protection. At the time of his appointment he was the youngest member of the ministerial level officials of the State Council.[3]

In April 2020, Li was appointed as the acting Governor of Shandong Province. He was elected as the governor in July.[4]

In October 2022, Li was elected to the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He is the youngest member of the Politburo. In April 2023, Li assumed the office of the head of the CCP's Organization Department, succeeding Chen Xi.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2013-05-01 . http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2007-01-12/142212021282.shtml . zh:周建李干杰出任国家环保总局副局长 . Sohu.
  2. News: zh:李干杰任河北省委副书记 赵勇不再任河北省委副书记 . 2016-10-28 . China News Service.
  3. News: 2017-05-31 . http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-05-31/doc-ifyfuvpm6876745.shtml?wm=3049_0022&from=qudao. zh:李干杰任环保部党组书记 陈吉宁不再担任 . Sina. 31 May 2017 .
  4. News: zh:李干杰当选山东省省长(图/简历)--组织人事-人民网 . 2020-11-07 . People's Daily.
  5. News: 2023-04-27 . China puts scientist in charge of Communist Party's HR department . 2023-04-29 . . en.