Li Congjun
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Li Congjun is the current president and Party chief of Xinhua News Agency
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(CPC) in May 1983. In 1985, he obtained a doctorate in literature from the department of Chinese literature of Shandong University
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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
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Xinhua News Agency
The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC. It is the largest news agency in the PRC, ahead of the China News Service...
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Biography
Li was born in Liu'an, Anhui Province. He started working in October 1968, and joined the Communist Party of ChinaCommunist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
(CPC) in May 1983. In 1985, he obtained a doctorate in literature from the department of Chinese literature of Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....
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He became a standing committee member of the CPC Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
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
17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is in session from 2007 to 2012.It elected the 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2007.-Chronology:#1st Plenary Session#*Date: October 22, 2007#*Location: Beijing...
. He is also a member of the education, science, culture and health committee of the National People's Congress
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress , abbreviated NPC , is the highest state body and the only legislative house in the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress is held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China; with 2,987 members, it is the...
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