Li was born in
Liu'an,
Anhui Province. He started working in October 1968, and joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 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 CCP
Zhejiang committee and the director of the CCP Publicity Department of Zhejiang in January 1999. He became vice director of the CCP
Central Publicity Department in February 2001. In August 2007, he was appointed to the position of
CCP committee secretary 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 and
18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He is also a member of the education, science, culture and health committee of the
National People's Congress. == References ==