| Office1: | Director-general of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department |
| Term Start1: | September 2004 |
| Term End1: | October 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | Xu Caihou |
| Successor1: | Zhang Yang |
| Office2: | Head of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department |
| Term Start2: | November 2002 |
| Term End2: | September 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Cao Gangchuan |
| Successor2: | Chen Bingde |
| Office3: | Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department |
| Term Start3: | April 1998 |
| Term End3: | November 2002 |
| Predecessor3: | Dai Xuejiang |
| Successor3: | Chi Wanchun |
| Li Jinai | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Place: | Teng County, Shandong, China |
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma Mater: | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Allegiance: |  China |
| Serviceyears: | 1967–2012 |
| Rank: | General |
Li Jinai (; born July 1942) is a general in the People's Liberation Army.[1] [2]
Li Jinai was born in Teng County (now Tengzhou), Shandong in July 1942.[3] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1965 and joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1967. He graduated from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1966 majoring in Engineering Mechanics.[3] [1] [2]
He was rose to the General Political Department of the PLA in 1985 and became the deputy director there in 1990. From 1992 to 1998, he served the State Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense Industry as deputy political commissar and later political commissar. From 1998 to 2002, he was the political commissar and deputy party secretary of the General Armament Department and was elected as director of that department as well as a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CCP in 2002. One year later, he was elected as a member of CMC of the state.[3] [1] [2]
In September 2004, he was appointed the director of the General Political Department of the PLA while holding the position of member of CMC of the party and the state.[3]
He was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a regular member of the 15th, 16th and 17th central committees.[3] [1] [2]
Younger sister：Li, Jihong (李继红)
Niece：Li, Wei (李薇)[4]