Li Congjun

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Li Congjun (Chinese: 李从军; October 1949 -) is the current president and Party chief of Xinhua News Agency.^[1]

Biography

Li was born in Liu'an, Anhui Province. He started working in October 1968, and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in May 1983. In 1985, he obtained a doctorate in literature from the department of Chinese literature of Shandong University.

He became a standing committee member of the CPC Zhejiang committee and the director of the CPC propaganda department of Zhejiang in January 1999. He became vice director of the CPC central propaganda department in February 2001. In August 2007, he was appointed to the position of CPC party chief and vice president of Xinhua News Agency, and in March 2008 was promoted to president of that agency.

He is a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He is also a member of the education, science, culture and health committee of the National People's Congress.

References

↑ "Biography of Li Congjun". China Vitae. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

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Name	Li, Congjun
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