Li Shenglin

Li Shenglin (Chinese: 李盛霖; pinyin: Lǐ Shènglín; born November 1946) is a Chinese politician. He has, since 2013, served as the Chair of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress. He was the Minister of Transport from December 2005 to July 2012.

Biography

Born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, Li graduated from the department of agricultural mechanics of the Zhejiang Institute of Agricultural Mechanics. He started working in August 1970, and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1973.

His former posts include vice secretary general of the Tianjin municipal government, director and vice party chief of the Tianjin Textile Industry Bureau and director of the Tianjin Planning Commission. In October 1991, he became the vice mayor of Tianjin. He was elected the vice secretary of the CPC Tianjin committee, while still holding the post of vice mayor. From May 1998 to December 2002, he was the mayor and vice party chief of Tianjin. From May 2003 to December 2005, he served as vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission. In December 2005, he became the Minister of Communications (later Ministry of Transport).^[1] He was appointed to his post as Minister of Transport in December 2005, and re-appointed in March 2008.^[2]^[3] He was removed from that post in July 2012 and was succeeded by Yang Chuantang.

He has been a member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China.

References

↑ (Chinese)Li Shenglin Appointed as Minister of Communications by Standing Committee of National People's Congress china.com.cn
↑ (Chinese)Li Shenglin Appointed as Minister of Transport xinhuanet.com
↑ List of ministerial members of China's Cabinet

External links

(Chinese) Li Shenglin's profile at xinhuanet.com
(Chinese) Li Shenglin's profile at Ministry of Transport of PRC official website

Political offices
Preceded by Zhang Lichang	Mayor of Tianjin 1998-2002	Succeeded by Dai Xianglong
Preceded by Zhang Chunxian	Minister of Transport of the People's Republic of China 2005-2012	Succeeded by Yang Chuantang

Political leaders of Tianjin since 1949

CPC Committee Secretaries	Huang Kecheng Huang Jing Huang Huoqing Wan Xiaotang Xie Xuegong Lin Hujia Chen Weida Ni Zhifu Li Ruihuan Tan Shaowen Nie Bichu Gao Dezhan Zhang Lichang Zhang Gaoli Sun Chunlan Huang Xingguo (acting) Li Hongzhong

People's Congress Chairmen	Yan Dakai Zhang Zaiwang Wu Zhen Nie Bichu Zhang Lichang Fang Fengyou Liu Shengyu Xiao Huaiyuan

Mayors	Huang Jing Wu De Huang Huoqing Li Gengtao Hu Zhaoheng Xie Xuegong Lin Hujia Chen Weida Hu Qili Li Ruihuan Nie Bichu Zhang Lichang Li Shenglin Dai Xianglong Huang Xingguo Wang Dongfeng

CPPCC Committee Chairmen	Huang Huoqing Wan Xiaotang Xie Xuegong Yan Dakai Huang Zhigang Chen Bing Wu Zhen Tan Shaowen Liu Jinfeng Fang Fengyou Song Pingshun Xing Yuanmin He Lifeng Zang Xianfu

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