Li Yumei

Li Yumei
李玉妹
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress
In office
January 2017 – January 2022
Preceded byHuang Longyun
Succeeded byHuang Chuping
Personal details
BornOctober 1956 (age 67)
Yinan County, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

Li Yumei (Chinese: 李玉妹; pinyin: Lǐ Yùméi; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress from 2017 to 2022.

Li was an alternate member of the 17th and 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Li is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Li was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.[1]

Biography[edit]

Li was born in Yinan County, Shandong, in October 1956. She entered the workforce in December 1974, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1976. During the late Cultural Revolution, she was a sent-down youth in her home-county.

In 1991, she was promoted to become party secretary of Pingyi County, a position he held until 1995. In 1997, she was promoted to acting mayor of Linyi, confirmed in 1998. She was appointed party secretary of Laiwu in 2001, concurrently serving as chairwoman of its People's Congress. In 2006, she was elevated to vice governor of Shandong, but having held the position for only one year. She became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Shandong Provincial Committee in 2007 before being assigned to the similar position in southeast China's Guangdong province in 2010. In January 2017, she rose to become chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, succeeding Huang Longyun.[2]

On 28 February 2022, she was transferred to Beijing and appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 广东省委常委、组织部部长李玉妹等人被补选为全国人大代表. thepaper (in Chinese). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ 李玉妹当选广东省人大常委会主任. thepaper (in Chinese). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ 李玉妹任全国人大华侨委员会副主任委员. sina (in Chinese). 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Linyi
1997–2001
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Laiwu
2001–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of the Organization Department of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2007–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of the Organization Department of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2010–2017
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Laiwu Municipal People's Congress
2001–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress
2017–2022
Succeeded by